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DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The greater portion of the District is sewered, but the Hamlets of Yeading and Hayes
Gate are as yet unprovided with sewers and arrangements are made by the Council for
emptying cesspools when required; there has been an extension of 300 yards in the sewerage
area during the year 1911; the number of houses and premises connected is 743: the number
connected during the past year is 73.
The condition of the sewers is not so satisfactory as could be desired owing to the
infiltation of subsoil water; all house drains connected with the system are satisfactory, and
have been passed by the Council's Surveyor.
The method of disposal is biological on double contact bacteriological beds. Owing
to the rapid development of Factories and Cottages in the Southern portion of the District the
the quantity of sewerage has become more than can be satisfactorily dealt with by the
existing plant. The Council is taking steps to increase the capacity of the disposal works.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
All dwellings connected with the sewers are provided with water closets of approved
pattern in accordance with the requirements of the Council; where there are no sewers, earth
closets and privies are used.
SCAVENGING.
House refuse is removed by the Council from every house in the District once in every
fortnight, and is carted to tips within the District. Many of the houses are unprovided with
dust bins, and some complaints have been received by myself in reference to nuisance caused
by their absence: I shall be glad if my Council can induce owners of property to provide
sanitary dust bins.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
All adoptive Sanitary Acts, including the Public Health Acts; Amendment Act, 1890;
Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890; Model Regulations relating to Dairies, Cow Sheds
and Milk Shops, are in force in the District. The Council has adopted new Bye Laws,
but these have not yet received the sanction of the Local Government Board, and the old
Bye Laws made by the Uxbridge Rural District Council in 1886 are still in force.
The Sanitary Staff consists of one Sanitary Inspector who is also Surveyor.
The number of premises visited by myself in connection with Infectious Diseases is 68.
The number of premises visited by myself, largely in company of the Sanitary
Inspector, in connection with sanitary matters is 46.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATION WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY
BYE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
None in District.
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