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There is now very little killing carried out in the district,
most of the meat being purchased dead in the open market, chiefly
at the Islington Cattle Market.

River Pollution.— Since the completion of the new sewage
works at Wembley a considerable improvement has taken place
in the River Brent concerning the gross pollution of which reports
were made on previous occasions. What has been for years almost
a sewer in its odour and character has become an inoffensive stream.
It is to be hoped that its present inoffensiveness will be maintained.
The extent and nature of the works ought to guarantee this, at
least for some years to come.
Nuisance from Refuse Dumps.—There has fortunately been
a material change in the management of the refuse dump at Northolt
of which complaint was made in the Annual Report for 1922.
So far as Ealing is concerned there has been no occasion for complaint,
except once during the year when an inspectorial visit
was promptly followed by remedial measures. The nuisance affecting
the residents in this district is caused by the refuse burning,
a circumstance which is difficult to avoid in a dump so extensive
and still more difficult to control when once the fire is established.