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Water Company, the District is almost entirely supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Board.
There are, however, about 80 houses in the District which
derive their water from wells.
During the course of the year samples of water were taken
from 8 wells supplying water to 8 houses and premises. The water
was found to be satisfactory in 4 cases and unsatisfactory in 4 cases.
In those cases where the water was found to be unsatisfactory
steps were taken to have the wells closed and the houses provided
with a main water supply.
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. 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.
Four men are employed daily, who devote their whole time to
the work of examining and flushing the sewers ; any defect or
obstruction is dealt with immediately.
Cesspools.
During 1935 the cesspools of the District were emptied by a
combined cesspool and gulley emptier.
During the course of the year, of the 1,953 houses the construction
of which was completed, 7 were drained by means of
cesspools.
It is hoped that further development in Enfield will be restricted
to houses that can be placed on main drainage.
Closet Accommodation.
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. I am not aware of
any middens in the District.
Every week one man in the employ of the Council attends
ome few earth closets in a rural part of the district.