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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT.
Water Supply.
With the exception of Hadley and Cockfosters, which derive
their water from the mains of the Barnet Gas and Water Company,
the District is almost entirely supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board.
The supply of water, with the possible exception of some few
private wells in the rural portions of the District, is ample, the
quality good, and the supply practically constant.
Streams and Water-Courses.
Turkey Street Brook and other streams in the District are
under Control of the Middlesex County Council, and observation
is also kept on them by your Sanitary Staff, but no sources of
contamination were detected.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The populous parts of the District are all provided with sewers,
with outfall to Cuckoo Hall Farm, where it is dealt with by septic
tanks, filters and part by irrigation.
Two men are employed who devote their whole time to the
work of examining and flushing the sewers, and any defect or
obstruction found is immediately dealt with.
New Sewage Disposal Works.
New works consisting of a new outfall Sewer, screening and
detritus tanks, sedimentation tanks, substation and automatic
pumping station, complete sludging arrangements and ejector station,
4 humus tanks, 5 filters and 12 sludge drying beds were provided
during the year at Cuckoo Hall Farm.
Closet Accomodation.
All the houses in the Urban portion of the District are supplied
with W.C.'s of various types, the majority being those of "washdown"'
pattern. In the rural parts of the District the accommodation
consists of water-closets connected with cesspools, or earthclosets
or privies with movable receptacles.