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were forwarded to me. In all cases except three the results were
satisfactory. These three were substandard due to roof leakage at
one of the reservoirs after heavy rainfall.
All dwelling houses in the Borough are supplied with water from
public water mains direct to the houses.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
Finchley has been completely sewered for many years, and, where
necessary, works of enlargement have been carrid out. So far as
sewage disposal is concerned, it should be pointed out that the Sewage
Works situated in the East of the Borough are seriously over-loaded
and considerable effort has to be made to maintain a satisfactory
effluent. However, work on the East Middlesex main drainage scheme
is proceeding, and it is hoped that Finchley will be joined to this
scheme in 1962. Periodic tests are carried out on the effluent from
the Sewage Disposal Works.
I am grateful to Mr. P. M. Spencer, the Borough Engineer and
Surveyor, for this information.
Clean Air Act, 1956
The above Act deals with the control of dark smoke, smoke from
furnaces, smoke control areas and special cases of smoke emission,
which include special processes to be dealt with under the Alkali Act,
colliery spoil-banks, railway engines, vessels and Crown premises.
It also makes provision for the establishment of a Clean Air
Council for England and Wales.
Certain sections of the Act came into operation on the 31st
December, 1956, including those relating to the height of chimneys
and to smoke control areas. The remaining provisions came into operation
on the 1st June, 1958, and included those relating to the prohibition
of dark smoke from chimneys, measures for dealing with grit
and dust from furnaces, abatement of smoke nuisances and the
application of the Act to railway engines, vessels and Crown premises.
With regard to the making of smoke control areas, any local
authority may make an Order, which must be confirmed by the
Minister declaring the whole or any part of its district as a smoke
control area. Subject to any stated exceptions and limitations, the
emission of chimney smoke in such an area, on any day, is an offence
unless the emission was caused only by the burning of an authorised
fuel.
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