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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 2 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 11
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, etc. 5
Service pipes or taps repaired 12
One sample, taken from tap over washbasin, was found to be satisfactory.
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 1959:-
Drains exposed for examination 46
Drains unstopped, repaired etc. 216
Waste pipes repaired, trapped, etc. 24
Soil pipes repaired, etc. 6
Ventilation shafts repaired, etc. 13
Fresh Air inlets repaired etc. 12
Gully traps inserted or repaired 31
Disconnecting traps inserted or repaired 7
Disconnecting and inspection chambers
provided 8
Disconnecting and inspection chambers
repaired, etc. 85
Drains constructed or repaired 36
Total length (ft.) of drain pipes laid-
(a) 4" 959
(b) 6" 2
(c) 9"
Drain tests applied 146
Other works executed 20
Cesspools emptied or repaired 4
While the Borough is responsible for the local sewerage of its own district
the duty of the disposal of sewage is the responsibility of the Middlesex County
Council, whose West Middlesex 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, foaming at the works tends to occur. 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 1959.
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 the odd house on the outskirts of the Borough has a pail or
chemical closet. The following works were carried out during the year:-
Water closets constructed or rebuilt 4
Ventilated lobbies provided 4
Water closets where walls cleansed 62
Water closets fitted with new flushing
apparatus 29
New pans or pedestals provided 26
Water closets repaired or improved 55
Water closets blockages unstopped 16
Other closets provided or repaired 3
Other closets abolished 1
Urinals constructed, rebuilt or repaired 3
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