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The Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company
have pumping-stations at Ickenham, West Drayton and Mill End.
The area of this district served by this company includes parts of
Wood End Avenue, Westwood Avenue, Wood End Road and
Cavendish Avenue.
Occasionally intimations are received from the Water Company
of their intention to cut off the supply to one of the houses on account
of the failure of the householder to pay the water rate. In the rare
instances in which this step has actually proved necessary the supply
has been restored after a very short period.
A number of complaints have been received regarding the
defectiveness of the floats in water cisterns. It appears that this
happens in the cheaper kind of float in which the two halves have
been soldered. The water for some reason acts on the solder,
causing a leak in the float.
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The more important sewerage works undertaken by the Council
during the year were the Moat Farm Surface Water Scheme (from
the Headstone Manor Recreation Ground to the Embassy Cinema,
North Harrow) and the construction of a relief outfall sewer connecting
the main sewer in Edgware Road to the County Council's
sewer in Headstone Lane. 760 yards of existing sewer in Edgware
Road was replaced and worn-out ejectors at the Sudbury Hill
Pumping Station were replaced.
PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Refuse Collection.
There was no change made during the year in the arrangements
for the collection of house refuse, though it appears that difficulty
has been experienced in the existing arrangements with regard to
the collection from blocks of flats.
The following arrangements for the collection of trade refuse
were approved by the Council in December, 1934.
1. One free collection of two bins per week.
2. Additional collections per week, if required, at a cost of
three guineas per annum for each additional collection.
3. All bins in excess of two at any collection to be charged at
the rate of 6d. per bin.
4. Collections of fish offal at a charge of three guineas per
annum in respect of each collection per week.
5. Disposal of refuse delivered to the destructor at a charge
of 6s. 8d. per ton.
Section 73 of the Public Health Act provides that a local
authority may undertake the collection of trade refuse and shall