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The Council have hitherto been responsible for the maintenance
of the river banks under powers which have devolved upon
them as successors to the Dagenham Commissioners, but the Land
Drainage Act, 1930, has transferred certain of these powers to
the River Lee and River Roding Catchment Boards.
The Council are carrying out, in conjunction with the Lee
Conservancy Board a large scheme for the improvement of the
Back Rivers of the Borough under the provisions of the River Lee
(Flood Relief, etc.) Act, 1930.
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The water carriage system of sewage removal is almost
universal throughout the whole Borough. With very few exceptions,
houses are provided with properly flushed modern water
closets, discharging by modern drainage into the Public Sewers
which also convey the surface water. The part of the Borough
lying South of the Victoria and Albert Docks drains into a main
sewer which passes through portions of East Ham and North
Woolwich, and discharges into the London County Council's
sewer at North Woolwich.
With the exception of a few isolated cottages on the North
side of the Borough, the whole of the sewage is waterborne.
Excepting this comparatively small area, the whole district
North of the Victoria and Albert Docks is drained by gravitating
sewers to the Corporation Pumping Stations at Abbey Mills,
where the dry weather flow is pumped into the Northern outfall
sewer, which crosses the Borough obliquely to the London outfall
at Barking. There are certain other storm sewers provided which
discharge into the rivers.
SCAVENGING.
This work is carried out by the Borough Surveyor's Department.
The main roads are cleansed nightly, and the remainder of
the thoroughfares either daily or two or three times a week, according
to circumstances.
1 wo "Karrier" motor sweepers arc utilised to assist in this
work.
REFUSE DISPOSAL.
The system of refuse disposal as a whole is one of far-reaching
public health importance. The amount of refuse necessitating
Collection in West Ham averages about 250 tons daily, and is at
Present dealt with by the method of controlled tipping. The bulk
the refuse is collected by means of the Pagefield system of containers.
The refuse collected is shot on controlled tipping dumps
at Beckton Road and Temple Mills, and the East Ham Tip at
Barking Road.
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