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3. (i) Closet Accommodation.
All houses within the Borough are supplied with water
closets and are connected with the sewerage system, except
in three cases. In two of these cases, modern water-tight
cesspools are provided, and in the third case—situated far from
other dwellings—the premises are likely to be dealt with in
the near future.
(ii) Public Cleansing.
This branch of Public Health work is in the efficient hands
of the Borough Engineer.
There is a weekly collection of refuse from all houses in
the Borough with more frequent collections from the large
blocks of flats in the area.
The system of refuse disposal is by barging to a site in the
lower reaches of the River Thames and motor transport is
employed to convey the house refuse in covered removal carts
from the collection point to the barges, which are loaded at the
Town Meadow Depot, situated south of the Brentford High
Street.
(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
Tabular Statement of the Work of the Sanitary Department, 1938.
Inspections.
Number of premises inspected on complaint 872
Number of premises inspected in connection with
infectious disease 179
Number of primary inspections 4,251
Number of re-inspections 4,114
Total number of inspections and re-inspections 8,365
Action Taken (other than Housing Act, 1936).
Cautionary or intimation notices served 836
Statutory Orders issued (under Public Health Acts) 28
Summonses served -
Number of Certificates under Rent &c. (Restrictions)
Acts issued to Tenants 7
Number of Clearance Certificates issued to owners 5