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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The whole Borough is in the area supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board and every house has a constant supply.
Rivers and Streams.
There are two watercourses in the Borough, the Muswell
Stream and the Moselle Brook. Both of these are culverted, so
that there are no open streams in the area.
Drainage and Sewerage.
All premises in the Borough are connected up to the Council's
sewers. There is a dual system of drainage, the soil drains being
connected to the main sewers which carry the sewerage to a pumping
station situated in Tottenham. Here the sewage is pumped into
the London County Council's sewers, by arrangement with that
Council. The pumping station and main sewer in Lordship Lane
are under the control of a Joint Drainage Committee, consisting
of representatives from Tottenham and Wood Green.
The surface-water drains discharge into the Council's surfacewater
sewers through which the surface-water flows into the
Moselle and Muswell Brooks, and by these is carried finally into
the River Lea.
BATHS.
In 1935 the new swimming pool at Durnsford Road was open
for the first time for the full summer season, May to September,
and in spite of considerable periods of very cold weather, the
attendances were very satisfactory, and it was obvious that the demand
for proper open-air bathing facilities in the district is very
great.
The attendances numbered in all 138,378—114,141 adults and
24,237 children. During the eight weeks the pool was open in
1934 the attendances were 51,827.