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The urban District Council of Action.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
for the year 1899.
To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council.
Gentlemen,
MANY measures of sanitary importance have occupied your
attention during the year. The Plans for the Isolation Hospital
have been forwarded to the Local Government Board for approval,
so there is a reasonable hope that this much needed Institution will
soon be in evidence.
Permission to raise a loan for the erection of a Destructor
Furnace has been granted.
A New Mortuary is shortly to be built.
Several Dust Carts and Waggons have been purchased. The
carts are tipped by mechanical means, are covered with special covers
of iron and have a capacity of 3 cubic yards for carts and 3½ cubic
yards for the waggons. The carts are of very great improvement on
the old ones used by the late contractor, and will be a means of
improving the health of the district.
The question of building dwellings for the working classes has
also been discussed.