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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—Four samples of water were submitted for
bacteriological examination and a summary of the reports is
given below. The two cottages referred to in Report No. 33163
have been provided with a supply from the mains, whilst the
three cottages referred to in Report No. 33162 and the two in
Report No. 33164 have been condemned as unfit for habitation.
Drainage and Sewerage.—During the year nearly
five miles of new sewers have been laid apart from those laid
under the West Middlesex scheme. A new pumping station
has been established near Harlington Corner and temporary
disposal works in the Parish of Bedfont. When the West
Middlesex sewerage scheme is completed this pumping
station will discharge into the mains instead of into the
temporary disposal works.
Closet Accommodation.—Every house connected with
the sewer has a water-closet provided with flushing apparatus.
Of the premises not connected with the sewer a number
have water-closets and the remainder pail-closets, of which
the Council undertake the cleansing.
During the year 683 new W.C.s have been constructed,
, and one privy with fixed receptacle and 84 with movable
receptacles have been converted. The estimated number
and type of closets at the end of 1933 are as follows:—
Water Closets 7,695
Privies (movable receptacles) 216
Privies (fixed receptacles) 14
PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Closed motor vehicles are used to carry house refuse
to the dump at Yeading. Weekly collections are made,
and the refuse is covered over with dead refuse, that is,
refuse which has been standing 10 to 20 years and consolidated.
Pail closets are also emptied weekly and a clean pail substituted
for the used one. Cesspools are emptied by a
1,000-gallon exhauster and the contents discharged into
the sewage disposal works.
Yeading refuse dump, used by Paddington Borough
Council, is still a source of annoyance to the occupants of
houses in the vicinity. It is to be hoped that these boroughs
will soon dispose of their refuse by incineration, and that
large scale dumping will cease to exist.
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