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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). Revised and adopted 10.1.35.
*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 10.1.35.
*Prevention of Nuisances (Public Health Act, 1875, s. 44). Revised and adopted 10.1.35.
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. Amended and allowed
22.5.1930.
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). Revised and adopted 10.1.35.
*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 water supply of Willesden is derived from the mains of the Metropolitan Water
Board and the Colne Valley Water Company. 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
in the Borough of Willesden and Wembley Urban District 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.
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.
Public Cleansing.—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.
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 Borough Engineer's Department collect refuse from all premises at least once weekly.
With a view to providing more hygienic, and, as far as possible, dustless refuse collection, all
the open vehicles engaged on this work have been replaced by vehicles of modern design, an important
feature being that they are totally enclosed, thus securing the elimination of any nuisance arising
during transit.