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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
At the end of the year there were on the Staff of the Sanitary
Section of the Department, 1 Chief Sanitary Inspector and 9 District
Inspectors.
During the greater part of the year the Department was without
the services of one District Inspector, Mr. P. W. T. Bennett, who, to
the great regret of the staff, died in August. The resultant vacancy
was filled by Mr. C. J. Cattell, who had previously served the districts
of Woolwich and Wimbledon.
Water Supply.
The water supply of the Borough is under the control of the Metropolitan
Water Board. No complaints were received as to the quality of
the water supplied during the year.
Rivers and Streams.
The River Lea passes along the Eastern boundary of the District,
and it receives the drainage of several small tributaries which pass
through Tottenham from the districts on the Western side.
From being streams and ditches receiving drainage of land when
North London was mainly open country, these have become largely
the receivers of the drainage of roads and yards of houses, and now carry
water which has become polluted by washings from these roads and
yards.
From time to time portions of these ditches and streams have been
culverted by the Council.
The main stream is known as the Moselle, and it enters this district
at the Wood Green (Lordship Lane) boundary. For the first 500 yards
the stream is culverted, and it then flows for about half a mile as an open
stream, through the Lordship Recreation Ground and the adjoining
allotments. The next half-mile is culverted; then it again becomes
an open stream for about three-eighths of a mile, passing through the
Cemetery, and continuing for the remainder of its journey to the River
Lea—about one mile—culverted.
Complaints have been received from time to time about the open
portion, and the Council are considering the question of culverting a
further length.