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DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
Flooding in houses, is always against the
public health and when the flooding is by dirty
water from the roadways or, more important still,
from soil sewage, the objections are obvious.
Soil sewage flooding is always a serious
matter, and while an epidemic of the intestinal
diseases is generally due to the contamination
of a water or milk supply, soil sewage flooding
may account for sporadic cases of such diseases.
The Borough Engineer kindly supplies the
following information:-
Daring 1940 the following sewerage schemes were
carried out:-
(1) Sudbury Heights Avenue and Barham Park,
S.W. Sewer, and storm overflows District
Road and Barham Park (£2,088).
(2) Surface Water Sewer rear of Lawrence
Crescent (£696).
(3) Eleven miscellaneous small flood-prevention
schemes.
The surface water sewer Forty Lane and
Bridge Road, etc., was commenced in July 1940
and is still in progress.
During 1940 the preparation of floodprevention
schemes was actively pursued, and
apart from the above schemes, seven major schemes
(total estimated cost £25,650) and four small
schemes (total estimated cost £500) were prepared.
There was no estate development in the
3orough in 1940, and there were no important
sewerage extensions.
HOUSING.
The only houses built in 1940 were those
built by private developers, the total number
being 104 (classification (a) (3) of which 24 are
flats.
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