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The number of cases of Diphtheria was considerably below
that of the previous year, Typhoid Fever remaining at about the
same. The death-rate for the district is a little higher than the
previous year, but undoubtedly a great deal more sickness
prevailed, mainly owing to the Measles and Whooping Cough
epidemics. For the purposes of more clearly defining the different
parts of this large and scattered parish, I have divided up the
Wards into sub-districts, and one is now able to see at a glance,
on looking at the tables, the amount of sickness and mortality
in each.
The question of "dust removal "has demanded a good deal
of attention during the year, and I have entered into this matter
fully in another part of this report.
An impetus to building in the West Hendon District has
been given since the erection of Schweppes' Factory, and houses
are being rapidly erected, and before very long this part of the
diitrict bids fair to be the most thickly populated in the parish.
The question of a better train service to Hendon is of vast
importance to the growth of the neighbourhood, and it is to be
hoped that the time is not far distant when Hendon will see this
an accomplished fact.
Other matters of importance have taken place during the
year, among which may be mentioned:—
(a) The taking over by the Council the treatment of the
sewage of Hendon themselves.
(b) The extension of the Mill Hill sewerage.
(c) A contract having been entered into for the continuation
of the Low Level sewerage system to Burnt
Oak and Orange Hill, which is to be commenced at
once.