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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water.- -The North and South Greenford and Northolt Wards
are supplied by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company, with the exception of five roads in Greenford North
Ward, which are supplied by the Colne Valley Water Company.
The rest of the Borough is supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board.
There are eight factories in the Borough using water from
deep borings ranging in depth from 300 feet to 600 feet. The water
is used for general factory purposes and in four of them it is also
used for drinking. Samples from these four supplies were
taken and submitted to chemical and bacteriological analysis and
the report in each case was that the water was satisfactory for
drinking purposes.
Rivers and Streams.—No complaints were received during
the year with reference to the river Brent or its tributary stream.
Drainage and Sewerage.—With the exception of 49 houses
in Northolt Ward, eight in Greenford North Ward, two in Mount
Park Ward, four in Drayton Ward, and one in Hanwell North
Ward, all houses in the Borough are supplied with water closets
and are connected to the sewerage system. During the year three
houses previously drained to cesspools were connected to the
sewer.
Closet Accommodation.—Excepting those parts of the
Borough already mentioned, the whole of the houses are provided
with water closets, there being as a rule one water closet for each
house or part of a house let as a separate tenement.