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Children's Playground, Sutton Lane 0.60 acres
Kingsley Road Playing Field 0.95 „
Greenhams Lane, 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 41 shallow and
3 artesian wells serving 37 premises and of these 1 house and 2 business premises
are without an alternative supply. The following work in connection with water
supplies was carried out during the year:-
Draw-off taps connected to rising mains 2
Supplies provided or reinstated 14
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, etc. 5
Service pipes or taps repaired 11
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 1960:-
Drains exposed for examination 80
Drains unstopped, repaired etc. 119
Waste pipes repaired, trapped, etc. 21
Soil pipes repaired, etc. 4
Ventilation shafts repaired, etc. 5
Fresh Air Inlets repaired etc. 8
Rainwater Pipes disconnected from soil drains 2
Gully traps inserted or repaired 20
Disconnecting traps inserted or repaired 20
Disconnecting and inspection chambers provided 9
Disconnecting and inspection chambers repaired,
etc. 63
Drains constructed or repaired 32
Total length (ft.) of drain pipes laid -
(a) 4" 392
(b) 6" 50
(c) 9" -
Drain tests applied 98
Other works executed 20
Cesspools emptied or repaired 2
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
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