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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water.—The Greenford and Northolt Wards are supplied
with water by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company, while the rest of the Borough is supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Board.
Complaints continued to be received regarding the insufficient
supply of water, particularly on Sundays and Mondays, in the
higher parts of the North Greenford Ward. The Water Company
are, however, now laying a new 18 inch main through this ward
and when this is in operation it is expected that the supply will
be sufficient not only for present needs but for any further
development which may take place in that area.
Rivers and Streams.—No complaints were received during
the year regarding the pollution of any stream running through
the district.
Drainage and Sewerage.—Excepting in the undeveloped
portions of the Greenford and Northolt Wards, three cottages in
Mount Park Ward, four cottages and a sports pavilion in Drayton
Ward and two houses in North Hanwell Ward, the whole of the
houses are supplied with water closets and are drained to the
sewerage system.
During the year the drains of 17 houses and one factory wrere
connected to the sewer and six cesspools were consequently
abolished.
There are at present five separate disposal works in the
Borough, situated in North Ealing (Perivale), South Ealing,
Hanwell, Greenford and Northolt. Excellent progress has been
made with the West Middesex Sewerage Scheme and it is anticipated
that during the present year all these disposal works will be abolished
and the sewers connected with the new system.