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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, and the rest of the Borough is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
A complaint was received during the year regarding the
inadequacy of the water supply in that portion of the Borough
served by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company. This complaint was occasioned by the bursting of
an 18 inch main which affected the supply for the whole of a weekend
in February.
The first section of a new 18 inch main to increase the supply
to this district was completed early in March and resulted in a
considerably increased pressure.
Rivers and Streams.—During the summer months complaints
were received regarding the pollution of the small stream running
through The Green at Northolt. Investigations at the time failed
to discover the cause of the pollution which disappeared with the
advent of rain. Nevertheless, the nuisance recurred and as a result
of careful examination of all the surface water sewers in the neighbourhood
it was found that waste water pipes had been wrongly
joined to the surface water sewer. The disconnection of these
pipes should prevent further complaints.
Drainage and Sewerage.—With the exception of 56 houses
in Northolt Ward, 16 in Greenford North Ward, 2 in Hanwell
North Ward, 3 in Mount Park Ward and 5 in Drayton Ward
the houses in the Borough are supplied with water closets
and are joined to the sewerage system.
During the year two houses were connected to the sewer
and the cesspools previously in use were abolished.
It was anticipated that the sewerage system for the Borough
would be connected to the West Middlesex Sewerage Scheme
during the year but the connection was not completed until early
in 1936. The five sewage disposal works at North Ealing (Perivale),
South Ealing, Hanwell, Greenford and Northolt were consequently
shut down.