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DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
The soil sewage from this district flows to the West Middlesex Drainage
Works at Mogden. Surface water finds its way out of the district by the
various water courses. The Annual Report for 1954 set out the arrangements
for the disposal and treatment of the sewage of the district and
the drainage.
Soil Drainage
Tenders were accepted in June for the construction of the Pinner Soil
Relief Sewer No. 2. This runs from a point near the junction of Uxbridge
Road and Paines Lane, under Woodhall Avenue and Barrow Point
Avenue, to discharge into the recently constructed sewer at the junction
between Barrow Point Avenue and Avenue Road. The sewer will be about
800 yards long. By the end of the year good progress was being made on
this work.
Flooding
Parts of Hatch End have periodically been subject to flooding.
Following that which occurred on the night of July 10/11th, 1959 the
Highways and Cleansing Committee agreed to the construction of a
relief culvert in Hillview Road and Hillview Close. At their March meeting
the Committee agreed to tenders being invited for the execution of the
works involved.
The Wealdstone brook was flooded in August. This brook rises in
Harrow Weald. It is culverted from Brockhurst Corner, is open at
Christchurch Avenue and is culverted again through the recreation
ground. Because of obstruction to the flow, some houses are particularly
subject to flooding.
Pollution of Water Courses
Periodically complaints have been received about the state of the
River Pinn. As at one time some of the trouble arose because of the
inadequacy of the soil sewers to meet the needs arising from the rapid
housing development in the locality, the Council decided to defer making
further representations to the Thames Conservancy until the new Pinner
Soil Relief Scheme was in operation. The hot and dry summer of 1959 led
to the Pinn being particularly offensive. The Public Health Committee had
previously agreed to meet representatives of the Thames Conservancy to
discuss the state of the river. Following a meeting of representatives of the
Public Health Committee and of the Highways and Cleansing Committee,
a meeting of officers of the Conservators and of the Corporation was held.
The outcome was that the Chief Engineer of the Conservators was
prepared to recommend the Conservators to make an annual payment of
£200 if the Council would undertake such clearance as they consider
necessary. In June, the Council concluded an agreement with the Thames
Conservators about the clearance of the length of the River Pinn between