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(3) RIVERS AND STREAMS.
No complaints regarding the pollution of the River
Thames were received during the year.
(4) DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
The method employed is the water carriage system,
and practically all premises are connected to the sewerage
system.
The Council is a constituent Authority under the West
Middlesex Sewerage Disposal Scheme formulated by the
Middlesex County Council, and during the past year the
abolition of the Disposal Works in Broom Road has been
effected, and all foul water sewage connected to the County
Council's new Disposal Works at Mogden by means of
the latter Authority's new trunk sewer.
(5) SCAVENGING.
The main roads throughout the District are swept
daily and the less important several times weekly, according
to requirements. The street gullies are emptied,
disinfected and flushed when necessary, and where they
are of unsuitable pattern, are replaced by an improved
type as opportunities occur.
(6) COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE
REFUSE.
Refuse is removed thrice weekly in the shopping areas
and twice weekly in the residential areas, and is disposed
of by tipping and burning in a destructor.
The present horse-drawn vehicles used for the removal
of refuse are of the old high-loading type, with the exception
of two vans of a more modern and sanitary pattern.
One motor freighter serves the portions of the District
furthest from the Destructor.
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