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to Kew Road as far as the Selwyn Fountain, and thence under
the Lower Mortlake Road as far as the Boundary of the
Borough in Lower Richmond Road, it is thence continued
along that Road and via Kew Lane to the Outfall Works at
Mortlake.
A second outfall sewer commences in Mortlake Road,
Kew, and passes thereunder as far as the Borough Boundary
at Gipsy Corner, and thence to the Outfall Works.
The town was partially re-sewered in 1898. The separate
system was introduced several years age, and surface water
sewers are now laid along most of the streets within the
Borough, the principal exceptions being portions of the Petersham
Road and Sheen Road, near the Borough Boundary.
Treatment of Sewage.
The method of sewage disposal at the Outfall Works, is
that of precipitation and bacterial filtering beds, the effluent
being passed into the Thames. The Engineer to the Main.
Sewerage Board is Mr. J. T. Fairley, M.I.C.E.
Sewers, Roads, New Houses, &c.
I am indebted to the Borough Surveyor, Mr. J. H. Brierley,
A.M.I.C.E., for the following information:—
" Beyond the reconstruction of certain combined drains
and the clearing out of certain surface water sewers in the
Kew District, there has been no alteration in the sewerage
system of the Borough.
Sewer flushing and cleansing has been carried out at
regular intervals.
The Port of London Authority have raised the level of
the towpath between the Town Hall Gardens and the Steamboat
Pier which is a very useful public improvement.
The Highways Committee authorised the tarpainting of
the surfaces of about six miles of carriageway within the
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