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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. (i) Water Supply.
The whole area is supplied from the mains of the Metropolitan
Water Board, the supply of course being constant and
satisfactory. As a result of inspections made, 33 houses found
to be drawing water from cisterns—mostly of the artizan type—
had draw taps fitted direct from the rising main for the supply
of water for drinking purposes. It was not found necessary to
have any samples analysed at the expense of the Council during
the year.
(it) Drainage and Sewerage.
Many of the houses in the Borough have a dual system of
drainage—surface and soil—all connected to the public sewers.
During the year the smoke test was applied to the drainage
systems of 99 houses, and particulars of the drainage works—
reconstruction and repairs—carried out under the supervision
of the Sanitary Staff will be found in the tabular statement of
sanitary works included in this section of the report.
Some extension of the sewerage system has of course been
necessary, due to the development of the district. The Borough
Engineer has supplied me with the following particulars :—
Surface water sewers laid or reconstructed during
1933, 1,652 yards.
Soil sewers laid or reconstructed during 1933, 1,300
yards.
So far as sewage disposal is concerned, the reconstructed
Disposal Works at Chiswick and also the Disposal Works at
Brentford appear to have worked satisfactorily, and as the
sewage disposal in the area comes under the Middlesex County
Council Scheme, no extensions are likely to be necessary.
2. Rivers and Streams.
The only rivers and streams within the Borough boundaries
are of course the Thames and part of the River Brent, and no
action was found to be necessary under the Rivers Pollution