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DRAINAGE A ND SEWBRAGE .
The Town is drained and sewered on the separate system.
The sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56 acres,
but "before it is turned on the land it is screened and treated by
means of detritus and sedimentation tanks, and three rotary filters.
Pumping is necessary for throe sewers which hav6 their outlets at a
low point on the farm.
There are only a few earth closets in outlying parts of the
district.
disposal of house refuse.
The house refuse is collected weekly and conveyed to the
Farm and disposed of by the controlled tipping system.
There is no Refuse Destructor.
SAnitAry conditions and \7Ater supply of schools.
There are seven public elementary schools in the district,
viz:- Arkley Church of England Infants School; Byng Road County
Council School (Junior Mixed and Infants and Senior Mixed Departments);
Christ Church School, with Boys, Girls and Infants Departments;
Barnet Church of England School (Senior Mixed Department); Totteridge
Church of England School, (Boys, Girls and Infants); St. Catherine's
Roman Catholic Mixed School; and Underbill County Council School,
(Junior Mixed and Infants).
The Assistant School Medical Officer resides in the district
and visits each school at least once each term. He is in constant
touch with the teachers, and all doubtful oases of illness are at
once referred to him.
Infectious cases and contacts are excluded from the Schools
and disinfections are carried out when necessary. The Byng Road
Junior School was disinfected in November following an epidemic of
measles.