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Wembley 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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local authority; (b) for a notification of the
intention to close a well or boring to be forwarded
to the local authority to enable the local
authority to ensure that such a well or boring
is effectually sealed; and (c) that it should be
an obligation of the owners of borings into the
chalk to keep any inspection eyelet at the top of
the boring closed and to take such other reasonable
steps as may be desirable for the prevention of
water contamination.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal: The Borough
Engineer and Surveyor has supplied the following
information:- The only extensions of sewerage
during 1939 have been those consequent upon the
development of new estates, the only large one
being the Sudbury Farm Estate, the sewers of which
have been connected to those of adjoining streets.
Certain flood prevention schemes have been carried out, as follows:-
| S.W. | sewer between Deanscroft Avenue and Queens Walk. |
| S.W. | sewer Mount Pleasant. |
| S.W. | sewers Waltham Drive and Wimborne Drive, etc. |
| S.W. | sewer Forty Close. |
| S.W. | drain Town Hall. |
| s.w. | sewer Holm stall Avenue and Edgware Road. |
| S.W. | culverts Preston Park and College Road. |
Miscellaneous small works.
Public Cleansing: The Director of Public Cleansis
has supplied the following information:- There
were no major developments in the Public Cleansing
services in the year ended 31St December, 1939.
It was possible to cater for the normal growth of
the Borough without adding to the Department's
transport or plant. One or two refinements are
held in abeyance on account of the war.
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