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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
List of Local Acts, Adoptive Acts, Bye-laws and local Regulations in force in the District, with
date of adoption.
Local Acts:—
Willesden Local Board Act, 1876. Royal Assent 27.6.1876.
Willesden Local Board Act, 1887. Royal Assent 8.8.1887.
Willesden Sewerage Act, 1896. Royal Assent 14.8.1896.
*Willesden Urban District Council Act, 1903. Royal Assent 11.8.1903.
Adoptive Acts:—
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part III. Adopted 11.11.1890.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts II., III., IV., and X. Adopted
24.1.1911 ; further parts adopted 18.9.1911 ; further parts adopted 9.4.1928
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Part VI. Adopted 1925.
*Public Health Act, 1925.
Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846-99. Adopted 14.2.1899.
Burial Acts, 1852-1900.
Public Libraries Acts, 1892-1901. Adopted 19.2.1891.
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.
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.
For the Regulation of Black Smoke (Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, s. 2).
Adopted 22.5.30.
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 WTillesden area came under the notice of the Health
Department during the year.
Closet Accommodation— All 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.