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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 43 shallow and 3
artesian wells serving 40 premises and of these 4 houses and 1 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 14
Cistern, cleansed, repaired, etc, 3
Draw-off taps connected direct to main 3
Service pipes or taps repaired 21
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 1956: -
Drains exposed for examination 130
Drains unstopped, repaired, etc. 408
Waste pipes repaired, trapped, etc. 14
Soil pipes repaired, etc. 6
Ventilating shafts repaired etc. 3
Fresh air inlets repaired, etc. 2
Gully traps inserted or repaired 33
Disconnecting traps inserted or repaired 12
Disconnecting and inspection chambers provided 6
Disconnecting and inspection chambers repaired. etc. 30
Drains constructed or repaired 14
Total length (ft.) of drain pipes laid-
(a) 4" 339
(b) 6" 18
Drain tests applied 44
Other works executed 16
Cesspools emptied or repaired 3
While the Borough is responsible for the local sewerage of its own district,
the duty of the disposal of sewerage is the responsibility of the Middlesex County
Council, whose West Middlesex Main Drainage Undertaking has been in full operation
since 1936.
In recent years the increasing use of synthetic detergents has given rise to
difficulties at the disposal works. Apart from some interference with the purification
process, parts of the works have at times been buried in foam. Research at
the works has succeeded in overcoming the foam problem - at considerable annual cost
and efforts are continuing to secure an effluent of the highest standard of purity.
RIVERS AND STREAMS - No complaint of pollution was made to the Health Department
during 1956,
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION - The Closet accommodation of the Borough consists almost
wholly of water closets connected to the sewers, A few water closets drain to cesspools,
and several houses on the outskirts of the Borough have pail or chemical
closets. The following works were carried out during the year:-
14