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Drainage and Sewerage.
Drainage and Sewerage.
Ealing, being a town of comparatively recent development,
is almost completely supplied with modern
drainage. The sewerage is suitable to the needs of
the whole district and consists of two systems, one
taking by far the larger proportion of the sewage and
discharging approximately 11 million gallons per day
into the Southern Sewage Works on the southern
boundary, and the other discharging approximately
240,000 gallons per day into the Northern Sewage
Works on the northern boundary. The Sewage Works
perform their functions admirably, the process at both
places being precipitation by means of sulphate of iron
followed by intermittent downward filtration or treatment
on contact beds. At the Northern Works, the
effluent also passes through a humus tank before
being discharged into the river.
Closet Accommodation.
The whole town is supplied by water closets, there
being no earth closets and no privies. Practically
everywhere there is one closet for each family and where
there is less than this provision it means that difficult
housing conditions have compelled two or more
families to occupy a house originally designed for one.
Scavenging.
The Ealing Corporation Act requires the provision
of a sanitray dust-bin for each house in the district,
and this requirement has been consistently enforced,
so that apart from isolated instances which are dealt
with on discovery the town is completely supplied with
dust-bins.