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OPEN SPACES, SWIMMING BATHS, &c
East Ham has some five Parks and Pleasure Grounds comprising
160 acres, used for Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis and
other sports, and are, in my opinion, an important factor in East
Ham's low death-rate.
The Council have apportioned seven acres of land for allotments
which are much appreciated by the workmen of the Borough.
In the Central Park there is an open-air Swimming Bath, go
feet long by 30 feet wide, supplied from the mains of the Water
Board.
REFUSE DESTRUCTOR.
The Refuse Destructor for the cremation of domestic and
trade refuse consists of two refuse cells with flues, bye-pass etc,
to chimney ranges.
Two boilers, each capable of evaporating 7,000 lbs of water
per hour, feed water pumps, economiser, and all necessary pertinents
to a perfect plant.
The heat of combustion is applied to the generation of steam
for sewage pumping, so that a substantial saving in the annual
coal bill is effected. The refuse itself supplying practically all
the fuel necessary.
The resultant clinker and ash from the thorough cremation of
the refuse is a valuable bye-product of refuse cremation.
SEWERAGE.
The Council are still giving much time and attention to the
perfecting of the Main Sewerage of the district and new Main
Sewers are still being constructed. The rapid growth of the
Borough and the developement of new estates making immense
demands upon the present system.
The purity of the effluent and the general conduct of the operation
of sewage purification are subject to the control and jurisdiction
of the Conservators of the River Thames, whose inspectors
regularly visit the Sewage Works, taking away with them samples
of the effluent.