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3. Drainage and Sewerage.—
No alterations or extensions have taken place at the Outfall
Works during the year. In the meantime, several sections of work
on the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Scheme have been
commenced, good progress having been made by the contractors
on their respective works. It is anticipated that the Ilford Section
and Barking Town Section to the Barking Outfall Works will be
completed during the year, and that further contracts will be
commenced during the year 1931.
The Seven Kings Valley Sewer has been extended to Eastern
Avenue, to which is connected at this point the Eastern Avenue
sewer constructed in tunnel. The Seven Kings Sewer when fully
extended will deal with the drainage from 1,700 acres in the NorthWest
area of the Borough. It is anticipated that a further extension
of the Seven Kings Valley Sewer to New North Road will be
commenced during 1931, and a relief sewer to be constructed in
Forest Road will be connected thereto.
Projected works in sewerage also include a further extension
to the Roding Valley Low Level sewer, along Roding Lane to the
North-Western boundary of the Borough.
4. Closet Accommodation.—In addition to the water
carriage system of sewage, there are in the rural area, 48 cesspools,
16 privies and 38 pail closets. The clearing of cesspools, privies
and pail closets is carried out by the Council, the former by means
of two vacuum emptiers. All pail closets are emptied twice weekly.
24 houses with pail closets in Redbridge Lane and Claybury
Hall Farm Cottages were connected to the sewer in the early part of
1930.
5. Scavenging, etc.—The collection of house refuse is under
taken by means of horse-drawn and mechanically propelled
vehicles. Some of the refuse is taken to the destructor, Suffolk
Road, Seven Kings. Refuse is also barged by contract, and in
1930, 16,306 tons were so dealt with.