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Manholes reconstructed or repaired 103
Soil or ventilating pipes renewed or repaired 48
Fresh air inlets renewed, repaired or removed 29
Sanitary fitments renewed 117
Gutters or rainwater pipes renewed or repaired 49
Gullies or gully surrounds renewed or repaired 41
Waste-pipes renewed or repaired 41
378 inspections and 1970 reinspections were made in connection with drainage
and plumbing works being carried out.
CLEARANCE OP BLOCKED DRAINS
The Council continues to operate its service for the clearing of drains at
private premises, where this can be done by rodding or plunging, on request by
owner or occupier. The charges for this work are as follows:
During normal working hours 15. 0d.
Evenings - Monday to Friday £1.10. 0d.
At week-ends £3. 0. 0d.
The use made of this service continues to grow, no less than 1248 drains
being cleared during the year. Fifty-three were cleared at weekends.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Parts of Mill Hill, Elstree and Barnet Gate remain unsewered, 145
properties being served by cesspools or small septic tank sewage disposal
installations.
291 requests for the emptying of the cesspools or septic tanks were
complied with, the work, in most instances, being carried out at the Council's
expense.
By the end of the year the Council had decided to lay a new soil sewer
to serve the Burton Hole Lane, N.W.7. area. This will permit the number of
cesspools to be reduced by 32, and should considerably reduce the pollution
of the Folly Brook which occurs from time to time.
The major part of the Borough is sewered by gravity sewers of adequate
capacity, with the exception of the Hendon Way soil sewer which carries
surface wager drainage from old development in the Childs Hill area. The work
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