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Under section 204 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and section 68 of
the Metropolis Management (Amendment) Act, 1862, no building or any other
encroachment may be erected in, over or under any sewer vested in the Council or
any such sewer diverted except with the Council's consent. During 1929 the Council
gave its consent in 16 such cases.
Section 69 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, provides that no local
sewer shall be made without the approval of the Council. During 1929 the
construction or reconstruction cf 99,568 feet of local sewers of various sizes was
sanctioned.
For some time past the Barking Town Urban District Council and the Ilford
Corporation have experienced difficulties in connection with the drainage of the
areas under their respective control owing to rapid development for building purposes.
The Council's Becontree housing estate lies partly within these areas. Proposals
have been made for the establishment of sewage works on the Ripple marshes,
but these proposals have not been acceptable to the Council, among others, and
they have been opposed. On the other hand, the Council had been pressing the
Barking Town Urban District Council to find an outlet for the drainage of the
part of the Becontree housing estate in the urban district in order that the erection
of houses might proceed on this part of the estate. In these circumstances consideration
was given to the question of bringing the districts into the London main drainage
system.
The area of the Barking Town Urban District is 3,805 acres, and the population
is estimated at 40,000 persons. The Borough of Ilford comprises an area of 8,496
acres, with an estimated population of about 110,000 persons. Based upon average
quantities, the total quantity of sewage discharging from these areas is approximately
4| million gallons a day. Compared with the quantity of sewage discharging
to the Council's Northern main drainage outfall (over 160 million gallons a day)
these quantities are comparatively small, and will remain so under any conditions
which can be foreseen with regard to increases of population in the two districts.
So far, therefore, as the engineering aspect of the question was concerned, there
appeared to be no practical difficulty in receiving the sewage from the two districts
into the London main drainage system. Negotiations took place, and ultimately
terms were agreed, which included (i) a payment by the two authorities jointly
of £1,000 a year for 30 years in respect of discharged capital on main drainage works,
and (ii) annual payments in two instalments calculated on the net annual value
of the districts (including the value on which contributions are made in respect of
Crown property), and based upon the portion of the rate levied by the Council
attributable to main drainage puproses, including administrative costs calculated
at not exceeding 5 per cent, of the cost of maintenance of the main drainage system.
Agreement was also reached upon the engineering aspects of the matter, providing
for the limitation of the quantity of sewage to be discharged to 50 gallons a day
per head of population, the disposal of storm water, etc. In view of the urgency
of the matter the Council decided to make application to Parliament in the session
of 1928 to sanction the arrangement, and the London County Council (Ilford and
Barking Drainage) Act, 1928, was passed.
At the end of the year the details of the works necessary for connecting up
the systems were under consideration by the technical officers of the bodies concerned.
An agreement has been entered into with the East Ham Corporation for the
drainage of certain dock buildings, payment being made on the same basis as that
in respect of the part of East Ham draining into the London main drainage system
under the provisions of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1897.
Permission was granted to the Hornsey Corporation to drain a convenience
on the London and North Eastern Railway Company's sidings near Western-road
into a sewer in Wood Green and thence into the London main drainage system.
Buildings,
etc., over
sewers.
Local sewers.
Out-county
drainage.