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CESSPOOLS.
Four have been done away with during the
year and the premises using them connected with
the main drainage.
There are still some 50 in use in the district.
With one exception no nuisance in connection with
them has been brought to my notice, but I consider it
a very unsatisfactory form of drainage for a growing
neighbourhood, and in my opinion the time has
now arrived for doing away with them wherever
possible.
Fulwell Golf Club has in the past had some
difficulty with their drainage : it is now satisfactorily
connected with the main sewer.
COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
Carts collects daily—The disposal is by tipping
and burning.
Complaints have been made from time to time
about tipping refuse into disused gravel pits. Every
effort is made to cover over with earth, and to
cause as little nuisance as possible. This difficulty
will cease when the new Sewerage Works are
completed, as all the refuse will then be passed
through the furnaces.
MORTUARY ACCOMMODATION, Etc.
There is a Public Mortuary in the Cemetery.
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL INSPECTIONS.
The Schools were visited from time to time,
and the sanitary arrangements inspected. These
were always found to be in good order.
The Inspection of Schoolchildren is under the
control of the Middlesex County Council, and is
carried out by the County Medical Officer of Health
and staff of assistants. With a view to keeping all