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2. Rivers and Streams—
The River Roding is the only one passing through the centre of
the district dividing the wards of Chigwell on the south-east side and
Buckhurst Hill and Loughton on the north-west side. There are no
buildings at present liable to floods in the area which is under the
jurisdiction of the Roding Catchment Board.
3. (i) Closkt Accommodation—
A few closets on the conservancy system remain in Chigwell and
Loughton Wards. They are situated in remote cottages out of the
reach of sewers.
(ii) Public Cleansing —
House refuse is removed weekly by covered motor vans under
contract. The refuse is disposed of at the contractors' own tip near the
district boundary, the contract requiring that the precautions and
methods of controlled tipping shall be adopted.
Butchers' offal and refuse from fish shops is disposed of at the tip
adjoining Loughton Sewage Works, being delivered there by the
tradesmen and dealt with under the Engineer and Surveyor's instructions.
A small charge is made for the facilities given. Putrescible
refuse from greengrocers' shops is deposited at this tip also but is
dealt with without charge.
Little trouble was experienced during 1941 from fly nuisance in
the neighbourhood of the tip and the measures taken by the contractors
to alleviate this must be considered satisfactory.
The efforts to maintain and even to increase the quantity of salvage
have been continued and intensified with satisfactory results. Collection
of salvage is carried out as part of the refuse collection operations and
by the same contractor. Trailers, primarily for carrying paper are
attached to the covered collecting vehicles. The more important
materials (paper and bones in particular) are kept separate at the time
of collection and further separation takes place at the tip when all