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Willesden Local Board.
measles, typhoid, and phthisis were below the
general average ; whooping cough was about equal
to it, and diphtheria and diarrhoea were above,
though the latter was below the general average for
the year.
CEMETERIES.
The new Cemetery of 27 acres was opened
during the year, and interments are now taking
place in it instead of the Churchyard.
The drainage from the Paddington Cemetery in
the North Ward has been put into a more satisfactory
condition. There is a special cemetery
belonging to the Jews which is near the new Willesden
Lemetery. The new cemetery adjoins in one
part the new Recreation Ground.
There will be thus about 70 acres of ground in
the West Ward which will remain unbuilt upon.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
I cannot speak too highly of the necessity and
great importance of this work. Owing to the
urgency of other work that has fallen upon the
Sanitary Inspectors through the rapid increase of
the district and the multiplication of duties by Acts
of Parliament the inspection is not able to be gone
through so frequently as is desirable, but at the
same time it will be seen from the summary that a
great deal has been done, the number of houses
inspected during the year having been 2,104.