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series of cesspools. A scheme is now in hand whereby the
sewage of this area will be dealt with by the installation of
suitable filter beds.
The Sewers draining the main portion of the district (fivesixths
of the whole area) converge by means of specially constructed
intercepting Sewers to the Corporation Pumping
Station, situated near the middle of the Western border of the
Borough. Here the sewerage is pumped into the London
Northern Outfall Sewer which crosses the Borough obliquely,
whence it gravitates to the London Outfall at Barking.

The house refuse is at present collected by horse-drawn
vehicles, and is disposed of in two different ways.
The refuse from the Northern section of the Borough is
carted to a big refuse dump at Temple Mills, which is well
isolated and suited for the purpose. This site is rented from
Messrs. Abbotts. Some other method of refuse disposal
should occupy the attention of the Council in due course, as
the site in question will not be available for a much longer
period.
The refuse from the Southern part of the Borough is
carted to a wharf at Quadrant Street and, under contract,
taken by barges down the river Thames to be disposed of.
In the early part of the year the Public Health Committee
had under consideration a more modern method of dust collection,
and came to the conclusion that the system known as the
Pagefield System " (collection by combined horse traction
and motor lorry) was a suitable one to adopt. In order, however,
that the collection of house refuse might be more closely
correlated with the cleansing of the streets and highways, the