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receives the sewage from the factories and the few cottages which have been
built on the east side of the railway, also from a new estate lying between
Dyson's Road and the railway.
The effluent is examined by the analysts of the Lea Conservancy Board
and the Middlesex County Council at frequent but irregular intervals.
In February the Engineer reported that there was a considerable difficulty
in dealing with the effluent from the Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Company's
works. On the 19th February it was resolved that the Clerk and Engineer
"be directed to serve statutory notices upon the Tottenham and Edmonton Gas
Company under section 68 of the Edmonton Urban District Council Act, 1898,
and section 17 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890." The company
has established a filtration plant which it is hoped will improve the
quality of this trade effluent.
On the 25th March the Council were informed that the first filter bed near
the Pegamoid factory was nearly finished, and that when complete, it would
satisfactorily treat one and a half million gallons of sewage every 24 hours. It
was started on the 9th June. In October another bacteria bed adjoining
Deepham's Farm was commenced which will be 150 feet long by 100 feet
wide. By this time the first bacteria bed near the gravel pit was working
satisfactorily and producing a very good effluent.
It was decided in May to remove the ventilation shaft at the junction of
Bury Street and Hertford Road.
The sewage farm of the Enfield Urban District extends over 109 acres,
and is entirely situate in Edmonton, lying to the north of our own farm.
There are five bacteriological filters.
House Refuse Disposal. Edmonton does not possess a destructor.
During the winter the house refuse was shot on the brickfields of Mr. Piggott,
north of Bury Street, for which he paid 1/6 per load, and he let the Council
shoot the refuse there for a little further time until the sleeper road was relaid.
In September arrangements was made with the same gentlemen to receive the
house refuse for the winter, 1913-14. In the same month the tender of Mr.
E. Knifton for the collection of house refuse, for the year ending September
30th, 1914, at the price of £1,228 was accepted.
On the 25th November, a deputation presented a petition signed by
residents of Bury Street neighbourhood alleging that serious illness was due to
the accummulation of house refuse on the brickfields. This was considered
by the Sanitary Committee at their December meeting and they reported that
the statements of the deputation could not be substantiated.