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5.
Hospitals.
There are no general hospitals within the district, nor any
wholly controlled by the Sanitary Authority.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water supply.
The Barnet District Gas & Water Company continue to give
an adequate and wholesome supply of water to this district.
Sewage disposal.
The difficulties met with in the early stages in dealing
with digested sludge are now overcome, and during the latter half of
the year no sludge was pumped onto the lagoons. Odour is not
appreciable from digested sludge outside the works.
The sludge has been used on the Council's parks, allotments
and open spaces.
The effluent was inspected frequently by the Lee Conservancy
Board and samples taken for analysis were satisfactory.
The volume of sewage dealt with during the year was 600
million gallons which included 102 million gallons from the Borough
of Hornsoy.
Sewerage.
Flooding took place in certain parts of the district in
August and alterations have been carried out to prevent a recurrence
in The Crescent and Cromwell Road areas, and the situation in Colney
Hatch Lane is being dealt with by embodying an improved surface water
sewer in the proposed alterations to this highway.
A low level soil sewer ceased to function, due to a collapse,
in December-steps were immediately taken to prevent sewage passing
to watercourses and as a temporary measure the sewage was diverted to
the East Barnet sewerage system whilst repair work was being carried out.
In accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act
1936, the survey and plotting of sewers on large scale maps is being
continued, but owing to work in connection with the above collapse, the
proposed M.C.C. drainage scheme, A.R.P. etc., little progress has
been made.