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Bye-laws:—
*Common Lodging Houses (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 80). Adopted 14.10.1879.
*Houses Let in Lodgings (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 90). Revised and Adopted
26.7.1927
*Slaughter Houses (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 169 and Towns Improvement Clauses
Act, 1847, s. 128). Revised and adopted 27.9.1921.
*Prevention of Nuisances (Public Health Act, 1875, s.44). Revised and adopted 13.7.1922.
Bye-laws:—
New Streets and Buildings (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 157 and Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1890, s. 23). Revised and adopted 1.5.28.
New Sewers (Willesden Local Board Act, 1887). Adopted 9.10.1888.
Pleasure Grounds (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 164). Adopted 28.1.1896.
*Rag and Bone Dealer (Public Health Act, 1875 s. 113). Adopted 29.9.1908.
Local Regulations:—
Small Holdings and Allotment Act, 1908. Adopted 25.11.1913.
*Relating to underground sleeping rooms, Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909,
s. 17 (7). Adopted 23.9.1913, and amended to conform with Section 18, Housing
Act, 1925.
* These are administered wholly or partly by the Health Committee.
The unstarred are administered by other Committees of the Council.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—The whole of the water supply of Willesden is derived from the mains of the
Metropolitan Water Board. The service is constant and the water of excellent quality.
Rivers and Streams.—The River Brent forms the Northern and Western boundary of the
district. The Mitchell Brook, a tributary of the Brent, is a small stream running in a westward
direction through the district. A large sheet of water known as the Welsh Harp is formed at the
extreme northern boundary by the damming up of the Brent, thus forming a reservoir about a mile
in length and about a quarter of a mile in width, or 160 acres in extent. The boundary line between
Willesden and Kingsbury Urban Districts passes through the length of this reservoir, leaving an
area of about 68 acres of it in Willesden.
No pollution of any of these waters in the Willesden area came under the notice of the Health
Department during the year.
Drainage and Sewerage.—With the exception of a few outlying buildings situated on the
northern heights of Dollis Hill, the whole of Willesden is drained and sewered on the water carriage
system. It is anticipated that the buildings referred to will shortly be connected to the sewer.
Closet Accommodation.—With the exception of a few isolated cottages situated in the outlying
parts of the district, all the houses are supplied with closets on the water carriage system.
Each house has at least one water closet, and in the better class tenement house there is
generally a water closet provided on each floor.
Scavenging.—Since the year 1919-20, the Health Department has not been responsible for
the removal and disposal of house refuse, that work having been taken over by the Surveyor's
Department.
Every house in the district is called at once each week. Electrically operated vehicles are
used.
Quite 99 per cent. of the houses in the district are provided with movable receptacles.
Fixed receptacles in the older houses are rapidly decreasing in number, and during the next few
years should entirely disappear.
The disposal of house refuse is by contract. The refuse is collected by the Council and tipped
into barges on the Canal, one wharf being situated in the Harrow Road in the Metropolitan Borough
of Paddington, and the other one at Lower Place, Willesden. It is conveyed in barges down the
Canal, unloaded by the Contractor and deposited on land immediately adjoining the Canal.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.