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The total amount paid in wages for night firemen, and for
maintenance etc., at the fire stations in Milton and Somerfield Eoads
(not including the horsing of the engine) according to the last audited
account, was £209.
The Granite is supplied by contract at 16s. 3d. per cubic yard, the
Flints at 7s. 9d., and the Hoggin at 5s. 6d.
Dusting.—The dust and house refuse is removed by contract at
an annual cost or £576. A system of weekly removol of the dust
from houses is gradually being extended, so as, if possible, to
include the whole District. In order to secure prompt removal of
dust, particular attention should be given to page 16. The requests
for removal received duriDg the year numbered Reg. 565, as against
997 in 1893, thus shewing a gradual improvement.
Health.—Considering that South Hornsey is the most densely
populated Urban Sanitary District in Middlesex (being 74 to the
acre, the next being Tottenham with 23'7 to the acre) it can claim
to be a very healthy district.
The death rate was 1.18, being very nearly the lowest of any
sanitary district in the United Kingdom.
Infectious Disease.—During the year, the Board, as indicated
in the last report, pressed forward with their negotiations to secure a
suitable site for an Isolation Hospital; and with such success that,
although the opposition they met with at an exhaustive enquiry held
by the Local Government Board, was particularly strong, the Counoil
are now in a position to announce that a Freehold site has been
secured, thus far meeting what has, for some years past, been held to
be the great want of the District.
The Local Govebnment Act.—This year was marked by the
the passing of Local Government Act, 1894, otherwise known as
the " Parish Councils Act."