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Miss Newbegin 3 demonstrations at Bush Hill Park Schools.
Miss Garlick 4 demonstrations at Chesterfield Road and
Eastfield Road Schools.
Mrs Herbert 2 demonstrations at Lavender Road, and
2 at Chase Side Schools.
Miss Wilkinson 1 demonstration at Alma Road Schools.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
With the exception of Hadley Wood and Cockfosters Ward
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 the 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 sewage is dealt with by
septic tanks, filters, and partly by irrigation.
Two men are employed daily, who devote their whole time to
the work of examining and flushing the sewers, and any defect
or obstruction found is immediately dealt with.
Cesspools.
The cesspools of the District are emptied on the application
of householders by means of horse-drawn vans and handmanipulated
pumps, and a small charge is made by the Council
for this service.
This method is far from satisfactory and arrangements are
being made for the purchase of an up-to-date mechanical cesspool
emptier during 1934.