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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 houses where the supply is
still obtained from wells.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewage disposal plant at Luxborough continued to
work efficiently and yield a satisfactory effluent, but the sludge
treatment part of the plant is working at full load due to
the increase in population. This will be remedied in the
scheme now in course of preparation for the approximate
doubling of the whole works necessary to cope with the
population increase to be expected from the L.C.C. development.
The disposal plant at Millers Lane is obsolete and worn
out. The quality of the effluent necessarily varies considerably
as a result and the works will be entirely reconstructed
as part of the major scheme now being prepared
for the Luxborough Works.
The four pumping plants in the district functioned
efficiently throughout the year.
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 river area which is under the jurisdiction of
the Roding Catchment Board.
3. (i) Closet Accommodation.
A few closets on the conservancy system remain in Chigweil
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, to which paper salvage trailers are attached. During
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