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1925
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BYELAWS.
New Street and Buildings 1925
Removal of House Refuse 1899
Common Lodging Houses 1898
Slaughter Houses 1898
Nuisances, etc. 1924
Offensive Trades 1903
Tents, Vans and Sheds 1906
Removal of Offensive or Noxious Matters 1908
Houses let in Lodgings 1925
Cleansing of Cisterns 1912
Employment of Children 1920
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.— All the inhabited houses are supplied with water from
the mains of the Metropolitan Water Board.
There are a few deep wells in the district, but the water from
these is used entirely for industrial and similar purposes. For
instance, the Public Swimming Baths are supplied with water
from an artesian well, and the supply seems to be practically
inexhaustible. Even in the driest summer the level of the water
is not affected.
An analysis of the water from the well at Messrs. Eastman,
showed the water to be of a very high degree of purity.
Drainage and Sewerage.—Under the Acton Sewage Act the
sewage is discharged into the sewers of the London County Council.
In cases of storm the overflow is filtered and emptied into the
Thames.
Closet Accommodation.—There are no privy or earth closets
in the district. All the water closets are connected with the
Council's drainage system and there are no cess-pools.
Scavenging.—The collection of the House Refuse is carried
out directly by the Council, and the whole of the house refuse is
burnt in the Council's Refuse Destructor. Last year 15,687
tons of house refuse were collected.