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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
PHYSICAL CHARACTFRISTICS. The Borough has an area of 7,261 acres and lies in
the Thames Valley on the north bank of the river, Prom 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 Pair Ground 9.38 acres
Church Meadow, Bath Road 9 20 acres
Children's Playground, Sutton Lane 0.60 acres
Kingsley Road Playing Field 0 95 acres
Greenhams Land London Road 14 75 acres
St. John's Gardens, Isleworth 5.73 acres
Riverside Walt. Isleworth 0.75 acres
Children's Playground, Northcote Avenue 0.85 acres
Playground, London Road 1 84 acres
Bowling Green, jersey Gardens 0.59 acres
Isleworth Promenade 1 00 acres
Heston Park 14.29 acres
Lampton Park 24.20 acres
Beaversfield Park 9.77 acres
Inwood Park 10.25 acres
Redlees Park 16 47 acres
Jersey Gardens 7.87 acres
Football Ground, Denbigh Road 3.70 acres
Midsummer Children's Playground 1 52 acres
WATFR 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;-
Supplies provided or reinstated . 4
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, etc 1
Service pipes or taps repaired 6
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 1962:-
Drains exposed for examination 121
Drains unstopped, repaired, etc 261
Waste pipes repaired, trapped, etc. 17
Soil pipes repaired, etc. 1
Ventilation shafts repaired, etc. 5
Fresh Air Inlets repaired, etc. 2
Gully traps inserted or repaired 6
Disportnecting traps inserted or repaired 4
Disconnecting and inspection chambers provided 9
Disconnecting and inspection chambers repaired, etc 31
Drains constructed or repaired 26
Total length (ft.) of drain pipes laid -
(a) 4" 496
(b) 6" 24
Drain tests applied 53
Other works executed . 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
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