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Rivers and Streams.—During the year a complaint was
received that the stream running through Greenford from North
to South was polluted. The source of pollution was traced to a
certain factory in the district and representations were made which
resulted in the cessation of the pollution.
Drainage and Sewerage.—Excepting in portions of the
Borough not fully developed, namely, the most northerly part
of Mount Park Ward and in the Greenford and Northolt Wards,
the whole of the houses are supplied with water closets and are
drained to the sewerage system.
The sewer and automatic pumping station in Bengarth Road
were completed during the year. The drains of 12 occupied
bungalows and 24 which had not then been passed for occupation,
together with 10 houses in Church Road, were connected to this
sewer, the sewage gravitating to the pumping station and then
being pumped through a rising main to the existing sewer in Church
Road. The laying of a further length of sewer in Church Road is
contemplated in the near future by which another 25 houses will
be connected up.
There are five separate sewage disposal works in the Borough,
situated in North Ealing (Perivale), South Ealing, Hanwell, Greenford
and Northolt.
Two new continuous filters were constructed at South Ealing,
extensions to the existing works being restricted to a minimum
in view of progress of the West Middlesex Sewerage Scheme.
Closet Accommodation.—Excepting in the undeveloped
portions of the Borough already alluded to, the whole of the houses
are supplied with water closets, there being one or more water
closets for each house or part of a house let as a separate tenement.
The following table gives the number of pail closets, the number
of cesspools, and the number of water closets connected therewith
etc., in the areas mentioned, at the end of 1932. It shows a greatly
improved position since the previous year.