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development, and which will now7 develop even more
rapidly. Many houses for years have only had cesspools
for means of drainage, and will soon be able to connect
up.
The Council were involved in litigation on the question
of the making up of Bonnersfield Lane as a private
street, the owners of the property abutting thereon contending
that it was a Public Highway. The Council won
the case at the High Court and also at the Court of
Appeal.
The private streets Rosebank and Fernbank
Avenues have been declared highways repairable by the
inhabitants at large. The private streets, Lower
Vaughan Road and Bouverie Road have been made up
under the Public Health Act, 1875.
The new 12in. surface water sewer has been laid in
Eastcote Lane.
SWIMMING BATH.
The Open-air Swimming Bath continued to be well
patronised. No fewer that 61,755 tickets were issued as
against 46,500 the previous year.
The filtration plant has proved a great success. It
was not necessary to clear out the Bath during the
whole season, and at the end the water was quite clear.
No doubt the fact that the bathers always had clean
water to bathe in had much to do with the increased
number of bathers.
This must be one of the finest Open-air Swimming
Baths in the kingdom, and is a great asset to the district.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The sewage disposal works have on the whole been
satisfactory. One complaint was received of a sample
of effluent taken by the Middlesex County Council,
otherwise all tests of effluent have been satisfactory.
The proposed new tanks to be constructed under
the South Harrow Drainage Scheme will assist in the
works of purification.