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Water.—The North and South Greenford and Northolt Wards
are supplied by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company ; the rest of the Borough is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
Two complaints were received during the year, one regarding
the inadequacy of the water supply in the North Greenford Ward,
and the other regarding the cloudy condition of the water. Representations
were made to the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley
Water Company who stated that they would do everything in
their power to maintain a full supply in this district, and that the
cloudy condition complained of was due to the water being slightly
aerated following the charging up of a new section of 18in. main.
Rivers and Streams.—There was no occasion for complaint
with reference to the condition of the Brent or its tributary stream
during the year.
Drainage and Sewerage.—With the exception of 52 houses
in Northolt Ward, 11 in Greenford North Ward, 1 in Hanwell
North Ward, 2 in Mount Park Ward and 5 in Drayton Ward,
all houses in the Borough are supplied with water closets and are
joined to the sewerage system. During the year 4 houses previously
drained to cesspools were connected to the sewer. The sewerage
system of the Borough was connected to the West Middlesex
sewerage scheme early in the year and the five sewage disposal
works at North Ealing, South Ealing, Hanwell, Greenford and
Northolt were consequently thrown out of use.
Closet Accommodation.—Excepting those parts of the
Borough already alluded to, the whole of the houses are supplied
with water closets, there being as a rule one water closet 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
in the areas mentioned :—