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Two other existing urinals have been greatly improved by
the fixing therein of glazed fire-clay stalls in one case and
glazed slabs in the other.
Two very unsatisfactory urinals which opened on to the
public street have been entirely abolished.
The completion of the work arising out of the beforementioned
report will be reached when the conveniences of
fcuv other premises have been dealt with. The necessary
works will probably be put in hand at an early date.
Paving of Yards.
I am not aware of any specific item of sanitary work
which tends to improve the immediate surroundings of
dwellings, particularly small houses, to a greater extent than
the paving of a sufficient area of the yards with some suitable
impervious material.
It is a great incentive to cleanliness and there can be no
doubt that the condition of yards in connection with
dwellings has an important effect on the health of the
occupants, especially during the summer months, when
infantile life is more liable to attack.
Considerable attention has been given to this section of
work for many years, and when house-to-house surveys aire
now being made the beneficial effect of the efforts of former
years is self-evident, and the contrast between the houses
which have already been dealt with and those which yet
remain to be improved in this respect is very marked.
The paving and drainage of yards in connection with,
and exclusively belonging to, dwelling houses, is enforceable
in the district under Section 25 of the Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1907. The owners of court-yards and
passages used in common by two or more occupiers may also
be required to properly flag, asphalte, concrete or pave such
oourt-yards or passages under the provisions of Section 20 of
the Finchley Urban District Cbuncil Act, 1908.