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SECTION C.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
1. (i) Water.
The water supply for almost the whole district is
derived from the Metropolitan Water Board, and this supply
is satisfactory. There are a few isolated houses where the
the supply is still obtained from wells.
Precautions taken to guard against contamination of
emergency water supplies remained the same. Every wardens'
post in the district had a supply of water steriliser to
be made available to the public should necessity arise.
Directions as to the proper use of the fluid were at wardens
posts.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewage disposal plants continued to work efficiently
and yield a satisfactory effluent.
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) Closet Accommodation.
A few closets on the conservancy system remain in
Chigwell and Loughton Wards. They are situated in
remote cottages out of reach of sewers.
(ii) Public Cleansing.
House refuse was removed weekly by covered motor
vans under contract. The refuse was 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.
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