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Examination of Foods.
Attention has been given to the articles of food exposed for
sale in the several shops in the District, as also the fish, fruit and
vegetables hawked in the streets.
An Account of Sanitary State of District at the
End of Year.
Scavenging and Removal of Dust.
Your Council has taken into consideration the collection and
removal of Dust during the year, and by the employment of an
additional cart the work has been satisfactorily carried out.
The matter of Road-sweeping has also received your attention,
and the suggestion of the Surveyor to provide suitable barrows for
the men so that the dust may be quickly collected has been put
into practical form with advantage.
Sewage Works.
The Sewage Disposal Works have now been carrying on their
work for more than ten years, and the filter beds still perform their
work thoroughly. The effluents from these filters is the admiration
of all persons who visit the Works. The longer the beds are in use,
and the less they are disturbed, the better the effluent; this is due to
the animal life residing in the beds. There does not appear to be
any great necessity at present to enlarge the area of the filter beds.
Water Supply.
On account of the extreme dryness of the season and little
rainfall, your Council became troubled with the question of scarcity
of water. The Barnet Water Company, which supplies your
District with water, wisely called upon consumers to be careful in
using water, which, for other than strictly domestic purposes, was
limited. I reported upcn the matter fully to your Council, although
there did not appear to be any cause for alarm that the supply
would fail ; at the same time I made the suggestion that the New
River Company should be approached, so as to be prepared before
hand, in event of difficulties.
The Barnet Water Company are sinking new wells in order to
keep pace with the ever increasing District over which they have
powers of supply. That there is plenty of water in the chalk is
certain, but on account of the extraction of enormous quantities of
water by the New River Company over the whole of the area of