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VACCINATION.
I have received the following information from Mr. Inns, the
Vaccination Officer, in respect of children vaccinated up to June,
1914:—
Number of cases on lists 1,316
Vaccinated 472
Exempted 509
Removed 153
Dead 71
Not otherwise accounted for Ill
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT.
Water Supply.
With the exception of Hadley and Cockfosters, which derive
their supply of water from the mains of the Barnet Gas and Water
Company, the District is almost entirely supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board. There are, however, some private wells still in use.
The King George Reservoir of the Metropolitan Water Board
between Ponders End and Enfield Lock in this District, was
inaugurated by His Majesty the King in 1913. It is the largest
reservoir of its kind in the Country, being two miles long, with an
area of 418 acres, and a capacity of 300,000,000 gallons.
Streams & Water Courses.
Although the Middlesex County Council is the Authority
responsible in the County for Water-courses in the District, the
Turkey Street Brook and other streams are kept under observation
by your Sanitary Staff, but no sources of contamination were detected.
Sewerage.
All the houses in the Urban part of the District, including
Hadley Wood, are connected with the Council's foul and surfacewater
sewers, the former of which all discharge at the Sewage
Farm at Ponders End.
Two men are employed daily (and devote their whole time to
the work) to examine and flush the sewers, and any defect or
obstruction is immediately dealt with.
Closet Accommodation.
All the houses in the Urban portion of the District are supplied
with W.Cs., of various types, the majority being those of the
"wash-down" pattern. In the Rural parts of the District the
accommodation consists of water closets connected with cesspools,
earth-closets, and privies with movable receptacles. I am not aware
of any middens in the District.