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Land Charges Act, 1925.—Under this Act enquiries concerning
outstanding notices under the Public Health and Housing Acts
on properties in the Borough are received from time to time by the
Town Clerk. During the year 880 reports on such enquiries were
forwarded to his department.
Drainage and Sewerage.—During the year 545 drains were
tested, 378 were opened, cleansed or repaired and there were 840
constructions and re-constructions, alterations and improvements
effected.
Only two cesspools remain in use in the Borough and under the
Borough Engineer's direction these are emptied on request.
One hundred and twenty-nine plans of drainage and other
sanitary works relating to existing and new buildings were examined
and approved.
Discharge of Trade Effluents into Sewers.—Under the provisions
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1953, the
Borough Engineer's Department consulted with various public
bodies and carried out a site survey from which a list of 330 premises
has been compiled where trade effluents are dischaiged to the
public sewer. Of these, 65 connections are directly to sewers under
the control of the London County Council and will be dealt with by
that authority, under the provisions of the Act.
In connection with this matter the Borough Engineer has
kindly supplied the following information :—
" Number of sewer connections inspected 23
Number of samples taken 18
Number of samples found unsatisfactory 4
Applications for new discharges 1
In the case of the unsatisfactory samples at commercial firms,
remedial measures have been taken.
In the case of the unsatisfactory samples at the Gas Board's
premises, whilst it is acknowledged that the samples are at present
below a desirable standard and that the problem is well understood,
developments proposed in the future may be able to eliminate these