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Regulations.
Communications between Drains and Sewers, Section 21,
Public Health Act, 1875. October 8th, 1908.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—The Greenford and Northolt Wards are supplied
with water by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company while the rest of the area is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
On several occasions complaints have been received from
Greenford and Northolt regarding the condition of the water, but
these appeared to have been due to the laying of new mains and
to the making of new connections. The bad condition of the
water was in each instance of a temporary matter.
Rivers and Streams.—There has been no occasion during the
year to complain of the pollution of any of the streams in the
district.
Drainage and Sewerage.—As was remarked in the Annual
Report for 1928 the houses in the Borough, excepting some in the
most northerly part of the Mount Park Ward and in the Greenford
and Northolt Wards are supplied with water-closets and are drained
into the main sewerage system. During the year a large amount
of work was carried out in improving the drainage of houses in the
Northolt and Greenford Wards and in connecting the drains with
the main sewerage system. Very few houses in the Greenford Ward
now remain to be connected up with the Council's sewers. In the
Northolt Ward, when sufficient sewers have been constructed,
further improvements will be effected.
Sewage Disposal.-There are five separate sewage works in
the Borough, situated at North Ealing, South Ealing, Hanwell,
Greenford and Northolt. It was remarked in the previous Annual
Report that complaints had been received regarding the smell
arising from the Hanwell Sewage Works, but since the Sludge
Pressing Plant was installed there during the early part of the year
there have been no further complaints.