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Nuisances in the Borough (10th June, 1907).
With respect to New Streets and Buildings in the Borough
(11th May, 1908, and 17th December, 1923).
Also, Regulations have been made as to—
Management of Sanitary Conveniences (21st May, 1894).
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops (19th June, 1899).
Hornsey Swine Fever Regulations, 1904 (14th May, 1904).
Regulations under Swine Fever Order of 1894 as to Movement
of Swine (14th March, 1904, and 1st March, 1905).
Regulations under the Dogs Order, 190G.
Regulations as to Cleansing, &c., under Order as to Parasitic
Mange in Horses, &c.
Regulations under section 17 (7) of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1909 (20th July, 1914).
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water Supply. — Hornsey is supplied with water from the
New River (Metropolitan Water Board). The supply is ample
and its quality is uniformly satisfactory.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal.—The drainage of about 200
acres on the northern slope of Muswell Hill is treated at a small
sewage farm north of the Joint Isolation Hospital. The purification
plant consists of tanks, contact beds and final land irrigation.
The resulting effluent is always well within the standards laid
down by the Sewage Commissioners. The sewage for the remaining
portion of the Borough flows into the London County Council's
system of sewers.
Storm-water, save that from about 300 acres, is discharged
by a separate system of storm-water sewers into various streams
having their sources within the Borough.
Refuse Collection.—Refuse is collected twice weekly in the
case of flats and weekly elsewhere throughout the Borough. The
collection is made by the Council's own workmen. A daily
average of 95½ tons was so collected during 1925. Trade refuse
for the year amounted to 427 tons. No charge is made for the
destruction of trade refuse, but in this case the refuse has to be