The 140 miles of drains in the Council's roads are necessarily laid almost flat and. if not regularly cleaned, would soon silt up. In 1939 the regular drain cleaning gangs were augmented by others concentrating on the main drainage system of the Settlement with gear specially mace for the rapid removal of silt from the larged pipes, so that by the end of that year the main drainage system had been thoroughly cleaned and it has been kept in that condition ever since.
Certain areas are specially liable to flood. The reasons in each case have been determined and practical steps taken to reduce the likelihood of floods and, when they cannot be prevented, to reduce the area affected as well as the depth and duration of the flood, Exceptionally high tides and very heavy rainfall are the two factors causing local floods. In some places it is the high tides and in others it is heavy rainfall which is more important, and of course both may occur at the same time.
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