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Following the issue of Circular 1684 re water supplies, notification
is made to the Director of Water Examination, Metropolitan
Water Board, as to the name and address of any person notified
to be suffering from any disease capable of transmission by drinking
water.
(ii) Drainage and Sewage.—A new 9in. soil sewer has been
laid in Forest Glade from an existing manhole at its junction with
Sheredan Road to The Avenue, where it changes direction and
proceeds in a north-easterly direction along The Avenue over the
Ching Brook and terminates approximately at the Forest strip of
land adjacent to Chingford Lane.
A new surface water Relief Sewer laid in 24in., 21in., 18in. and
15th. concrete pipes has been constructed of 212 yards length from
the junction of Henry's Avenue with Charter Road and discharging
into the Highams Park Lake for the prevention of flooding in this
particular area.
2. Rivers and Streams.—Periodical cleaning of the Dagenham
Brook was carried out to the requirements of the Lea Conservancy
Catchment Board.
3. (i) Closet Accommodation.—Following the construction
of the new sewer in Forest Glade and a portion of the Avenue the
number of cesspools within the Borough has now been reduced
by eight.
(ii) Public Cleansing.—Mr. Eric Bell, M.I.P.C., A.R.San.I.,
Cleansing Superintendent, reports as follows:—
"House, Refuse Collection.—During the past year, in spite of
the increased number of premises, there has been a reduction in the
weight of refuse collected. This has, however, been accompanied
by a slight increase in bulk, and once again we find that the general
public are tending more and more to the consumption of tinned
and prepared foods, the amount, judging by the tins and containers
received at the works, being almost double the consumption of
about six years ago. This is a common experience all over the
country except in the country districts, where the increase has not
been so noticeable.
"As usual, where it has been necessary to suspend the usual
collection owing to Bank Holidays, etc., the public have been
notified by handbills and through the press of the altered day of
collection. The few requests that have been received for the
removal of bulky articles have been promptly attended to, and the
fact that this service is operated seems to be becoming more widely
known to the public.