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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
Water is supplied to nearly the whole of the district by the South
West Surburban Water Company. The Metropolitan Water Board supplies
a small area in the southern part of the district.
Samples are taken from time to time from the mains of the companies
supplying the district. During the year four such samples were taken and
the results were satisfactory both bacteriologically and chemically.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The Middlesex County Council's main drainage scheme is now Hearing
completion and it is anticipated that during the coming year the District
Council's Sewage Disposal Works will be closed down and all sewage will pass
into the main sewers included in the above scheme. It is also anticipated
that work will shortly be commenced upon a comprehensive scheme for the
surface water drainage of the north side of the district.
Excepting in portions of the district not fully developed the whole
of the houses are supplied with water closets and are drained to the sewerage
system.
Public Cleansing.
Practically the whole of the district is scavenged directly by the Council.
House refuse is collected in low-loading covered mechanically-drawn
vehicles and is transported to an incinerator which deals adequately with
the work. During the year a total of 7,425 tons of refuse were removed from
the houses in the district.
Householders have been asked to keep separate their old newspapers
and these are collected by the Council, baled and sold.
No cesspools are emptied or cleansed by the local authority, the few
which remain in the district being supervised by their owners.
Closet Accommodation.
About twenty-five closets, from houses not on the water carriage system,
still require to be emptied each week. This is done by the Surveyor's Department.
Four closets were converted from the conservancy to the water
carriage system during the year. The number of non water-closet systems
remaining at the end of the year was as follows : 25 earth closets, no privies,
and no pail closets. There are four cesspools still in the district.
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