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27. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
Further considerable progress has been made in the work of sewering the
district, to convey the sewage of Ilford and Barking to the Northern Outfall Works
of the London County Council at Barking.
The Barking Sewage Disposal Works, situated at Gascoigne Road, Barking,
continued in operation during the year.
It is not my intention to report on these sewage works as such because it has
long been recognised that they are inadequate, and the steps which are being
taken jointly with Ilford to drain into the Northern Outfall Works mean that they
will be closed altogether.
28. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
In the unsewered portion of the district there remain 13 premises with cesspools,
37 premises with pail closets and 6 with privies. During the year, 8 premises
have been connected with the sewers and other conversions are in hand.
During the year the newly erected and occupied houses in Park View Gardens
were drained temporarily to a cesspool, and complaints were received as to the
insufficiency of the disposal arrangements.
In order to deal with the problem it became necessary to empty the cesspool
daily. The houses were later connected with the sewer.
Whilst the present means of dealing with cesspool and pail closet contents is
not ideal, it is anticipated that with the provision of the sewer at Rippleside the
need for such will soon cease.
29. SCAVENGING—HOUSE REFUSE.
(a) Storage, Collection and Disposal.—The collection and disposal of domestic
refuse is controlled by the Engineer and Surveyor.
The Corporation have provided hygienic collection vehicles and taken steps to
prevent undue exposure during disposal of the rubbish at the tips, but we still have
the problem of unsatisfactory storage at the house. May I call your attention to
my observations last year that the provision of dustbins by the Council would be an
economy in collection costs whilst improving domestic storage pending removal ?