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Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc., under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1885. July 2nd, 1907.
Prevention of Keeping Animals on any premises so as to be
injurious to Health. July 15th, 1910.
Regulations:
Regulations under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
Order of 1885. October 6th, 1887.
Communications between Drains and Sewers, Section 21,
Public Health Act, 1875. October 8th, 1908.
In view of the proposals for the extension of the boundaries
of the Borough the adoption of Parts II, III, IV and V of the
Public Health. Act, 1925, has been postponed.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—The Borough is supplied with water by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
Rivers and Streams.—The Brent, which forms the northern
boundary separating Ealing from Wembley and Greenford, is the
only stream to be considered under this heading. A few years
ago it was grossly polluted by a neighbouring sewage works, but
since these works have been reconstructed a great improvement
has been effected. During the last two yeais there has not been
a single complaint, a condition of affairs which is in great contrast
to that which was previously experienced.
Drainage and Sewerage.—Most of the drainage of the town
is of modern construction. In recent years a large amount of
reconstruction of drains has been carried out so that at the present
time it is only a comparatively small number of the old houses
which do not come up to good sanitary requirements. These, however,
are being gradually dealt with, either in the course of the
regular house-to-house survey or when the opportunity offers,
when a complaint has been made by the occupier or a nuisance
has been observed by the Inspectors.
There is only a small area of the north-east corner of the
Borough which is not connected with the main sewerage system.
Only two houses and a factory are concerned. The former are
drained to cesspools and the latter to separate privately-owned
sewage works of an efficient nature.