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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are two licensed and two registered slaughter houses in
the district.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Two Common Lodging Houses are registered annually in the
district and there was no addition to the number last year. These
two houses have accommodation for 150 lodgers.
DAIRIES AND COWSHEDS.
There are 2 cowkeepers and 76 purveyors of milk on the
register. There were 19 changes of occupation, and 14 new
premises were registered.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The sewage and disposal works carried out for the purpose of
giving effect to the provisions of the Acton Sewage of 1905 have
now been completed. The reasons which led to an application to
Parliament have been given in a previous report and it is not
necessary to go over that ground again.
Clause 33 of the Act fixes the amount of sewage which will be
received by the London County Council, viz., an average of 50
gallons per head per diem of the population and a maximum rate of
flow of 100 gallons in the 24 hours.
Clause 21 gives permission to discharge storm water into the
River Thames, and places upon the Acton Council the obligation of
discontinuing the discharge of the same into the sewers of the
London County Council.
Clause 36 was inserted for the protection of the Chiswick
District Council and it provides that storm water up to a flow
amounting to 125 gallons per head per diem must be screened and
passed through filter beds 4 feet deep and 2| acres in area.
The result of the Sewage Act of 1905 will be that all the
sewage will be taken out of the district immediately. In ordinary
circumstances the sewage will pass directly into the Metropolitan
Sewers, and in cases of storm the overflow will be filtered and
emptied into the Thames.