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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
Most of the district is served by the Colne Valley Water
Company, a small portion only of the southern part of the Roxeth
Ward being served by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley
Water Company. This latter supply is most unsatisfactory as it
completely fails at times. It appears that the mains of both
companies are laid in those roads which suffer from the shortage,
but that the companies will not agree to their respective mains
being connected, though, apparently the Colne Valley Water
Company would, if requested by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge
Valley Water Company, be prepared to supply the houses in these
roads.
Drainage and Sewage.
An account of the arrangements for sewage disposal appeared
in the Annual Report for 1935.
Under the West Middlesex Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
Scheme, authorised by the Middlesex County Council in 1931,
all the sewage from this district is to be treated at the Central
Purification Works at Mogden.
The main items of work in connection with surface drainage
have been the construction of a main out-fall culvert from Belmont
to Kenton Lane with a total length of 2,500 yards, and sections
of culvert near the Parish Church in Wealdstone and at Queensbury
Station. In addition, much culverting has been done by the estate
owners in the course of development of their lands.
Rivers and Streams.
See Annual Report, 1935.
Public Cleansing.
Refuse Collection.
Domestic Refuse.—Up to March, 1935, the collection of
domestic refuse in the former Hendon Rural District was done
by contractors, but since that date the refuse collection of the
entire district has been carried out by direct labour, collections
being made regularly each week on the same day.
The fleet engaged at the end of the year for collection of refuse
comprised 15 mechanical vehicles of which 10 were S. and D.
Freighters (six of 15 cu. yards capacity, and four of 10 cu. yards)
and five Karriers (two of 15 cu. yards capacity, and three of 10
cu. yards).
The average weekly amount collected during the nine months
ending 25th December was 551 tons.
The cost of collection has fallen during the year. For the
six months ending 30th September it was 12s. 8¾d. per ton, while
for the nine months ending 25th December it was 11s. 8¾d.
For the financial year 1935-36 the estimated cost of collection
per thousand population is £111.