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4. Hainault surface water sewer to Tudor Crescent £58,000
5. Relaying defective sewers £75,000
6. Chigwell Road culvert £16,500
7. Chigwell Road surface water sewer £86,500
8. St. Barnabas Road screening chamber and syphon
to Eastern Sewage Works £59,750
9. Eastern Sewage Works (deferred works)
struction Stage II £7,600
10. Wynn Valley surface water sewer £287,000
Insofar as complaints of choked drains are concerned, the
two drainage officers operating in the Wanstead and Woodford
area and the Ilford area respectively have ensured that the
works to remedy nuisances have been carried out expeditiously.
Much praise has been received from ratepayers within the
Borough regarding the efficient manner in which this work has
been executed.
Some complaints have been received regarding pollution of
streams and lakes within the Borough, generally the pollution
being by oil, as with the increase in the use of the motor car
and the parking, not only of private motor cars but also commercial
vehicles, in the roadways and the carrying out of
repairs thereto on the highways, a great deal of oil has been
gaining access to the surface water sewers thereby causing
serious pollution of the lakes within the district, particularly
at Goodmayes, Cranbrook and South Park. Particular efforts
have been made to trace some of the more serious contaminations
and one watercourse was the subject of detailed
investigation during the year.
Refuse Disposal
The collection and disposal of refuse which is under the
control of the Borough Surveyor, has increased considerably,
the 1964 figure being 59,486 tons; that for 1965 amounted to
77,972 tons due no doubt to the amalgamation of the former
Boroughs of Ilford and Wanstead and Woodford under the London
Local Government Act, 1963.
Waste paper salvaged also increased markedly, the figures
being 2,717 tons having a value of £20,737; the- figures for
Ilford being 1,561 and £10,820 respectively in 1964.
Rags, scrap metal and tyres contributed to the income of
the Borough in that 149 tons of these commodities were collected
and disposed of affording an income of £1,952; which
figure, however, fell short of the £2,152 derived from this
source in 1964.