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Middlesex County Council—Children's Department.— This Department deals with children
taken into or committed to the care of the County Council, supervision of foster children, adoption, child
neglect, etc. The Children's Officer for the Borough works from County Offices, Great West Road,
Brentford.
Middlesex Executive Council.—This body is responsible for the provision under the National
Health Service Act of the general practitioner, dental (other than Local Health Authority provision for
expectant and nursing mothers, young children and school children), pharmaceutical and supplementary
ophthalmic services. The headquarters of the Council is at North West House, 119 Marylebone Road,
N.W.I.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
Physical Characteristics.—The Borough has an area of 7,218 acres and lies in the Thames
Valley on the north bank of the river. From the river, the land rises slowly until at North Hyde it is
about 100 feet above sea level. The subsoil consists of " drift gravels " and lying on them in places
are patches of clay.
The following open spaces are laid out and controlled by the Borough Council : —
Park Farm and Avenue House, Cranford 40.29 acres
Heston Fair Ground 9.38 „
Church Meadow, Bath Road 9.20 ,,
Children's Playground, Sutton Lane 0.60 „
Kingsley Road Playing Field 0.95 ,,
Greenhams Land, London Road 14.75 ,,
St. John's Gardens, Isleworth 5.73
Riverside Walk, Isleworth 0.75 ,,
Children's Playground, Northcote Avenue 0.85 ,,
Playground, London Road 1.84 ,,
Bowling Green, Jersey Gardens 0.59 ,,
Isleworth Promenade 1.0 „
Heston Park 14.29 ,,
Lampton Park 24.20 ,,
Beaversfield Park 9.77 ,,
Inwood Park 10.25
Redlees Park 16.47 ,,
Jersey Gardens 7.87 ,,
Football Ground, Denbigh Road 3.70 ,,
Midsummer Children's Playground 1.52 „
Water Supply.—The water supply of the Borough is derived almost wholly from the Metropolitan
Water Board. A small portion of the Cranford area is supplied by the South-West Suburban Water
Company. There are in the Borough 45 shallow and 3 artesian wells serving 42 premises and of these
4 houses and 3 business premises are without an alternative supply. The following work in connection
with water supplies was carried out during the year :—
Supplies provided or reinstated 21
Cisterns, cleansed, repaired, etc.
Draw-off taps connected direct to main
Service pipes or taps repaired 26
Cases where mains supplies substituted for well supply 3
Drainage and Sewerage.—The drainage and sewerage of almost the whole of the Borough is
arranged on the separate system and forms part of the West Middlesex Sewage Scheme. A few houses
on the outskirts of the Borough drain to cesspools. The following work was carried out during 1954 :—
Drains exposed for examination 102
Drains unstopped, repaired, etc 301
Waste pipes repaired, trapped, etc. 28
Soil pipes repaired, etc. 3
Ventilating shafts repaired, etc 5
Fresh air inlets repaired, etc. 12
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains 4
Gully traps inserted or repaired 29
Disconnecting traps inserted or repaired 2
Disconnecting and inspection chambers provided 5
Disconnecting and inspection chambers repaired, etc. 62
Drains constructed or repaired 31
Total length (ft.) of drain pipes laid—
(a) 4" 202
(b) 6" 4
Drain tests applied 36
Other works executed 10
Cesspools emptied or repaired 4
Cesspools abolished 1
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