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The attendances at the Pools during the year were:—
Kingsbury 131,779
Vale Farm, Wembley 114,925
9. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. No new developments
have taken place in connection with sewerage during the year,
but the Council are anxious to proceed with relief works for overcoming
flooding from sewers which periodically occurs in times
of heavy rainfall and have submitted schemes to the appropriate
Ministry for approval, which it is hoped will be forthcoming, The
carrying out of these schemes at an early date would afford great
solace to those long-suffering residents who have frequently experienced
the unpleasant effects of flooding, and would indirectly
lead to some improvement of the condition of the River Brent.
Some local authorities have experienced great anxiety concerning
inadequacy of their sewage disposal works, but Wembley
with its neighbours must be regarded as fortunate in that the
sewage from the Borough and adjoining areas is received into
the West Middlesex trunk sewers and thence conveyed to the
modern purification works at Mogden. This provision in Middlesex
overcame the necessity for discharging large volumes of sewage
works effluents into the River Brent.
One cesspool receiving the drainage from a church hall has
been abolished, the drains having been connected to the main
drainage scheme. This leaves three cesspools in the district, all of
which receive drainage from sports pavilions.
All dwellinghouses are provided with water closets connected
to the Council's sewers.
10. RIVERS AND STREAMS. The contours of the district
are such that the whole of the "run off" of surface water
ultimately finds its way into the River Brent which flows roughly
from north-east to south-west on the easterly side of the Borough
and which for a considerable distance forms the boundary with
the adjoining Borough of Willesden. There are a number of
streams in the Borough which form tributaries to the Brent, the
principal one being the Wealdstone Brook which commences in
the adjoining district of Harrow. The Welsh Harp Reservoir also
feeds the River Brent, and the Reservoir in turn is fed by streams
higher up in Hendon and other districts. At its lower end the
Brent enters the Borough of Ealing.
Following the passing of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)
Act, 1951, more intensive efforts have been made not only by the
Middlesex County Council who are the Rivers Authority under the
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