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district, only one of the specimens was found to
be true diphtheria.
The dairies, cowsheds and milk-shops have
been kept under observation and the regulations
have been enforced. There has been no case of
disease traced to any milk-infection.
In August last, 1 made a special report on
the refuse heaps collected by the Council's carts
in a field adjoining Southbury Road. A complaint
of these heaps had been made, but I was
unable to find that there was any reasonable
ground for it. The time must come ultimately,
however, when the refuse will have to be got rid
of by means of a dust destructor.
Six private roads have been made up and
adopted as public.
A new sewer has been laid from London
Road through the Town Park, under the New
River and the Great Northern Railway, joining
the sewers from Uplands Park, Hadley and Cockfosters,
and dispensing with the pumping station
at the bottom of Slade's Hill.
The new sewage works described in my last
report have been nearly completed and will be
ready for use at an early date.
Surface Water. The open watercourse
between the Town Park and the London Road
has been diverted, widened and deepened, and
the small pipes carrying the water from the
higher part of this watercourse have been replaced
by four-foot tubes and a large concrete culvert,
where it has passed through the Town Park.