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a field in Pinner in connection with the accumulation of
manure just alluded to; and (6) the wood adjoining Sir John
Rees' property, Stanmore.
The River Pinn is once again giving cause for complaint,
and on this matter the Council are in communication with
the County Council.
A stream in Hale Lane, Edgware, was found to be
polluted with sewage, and the matter remedied. Also the
footpath in Edgware running from Stanmore to The Hale
has on various occasions required cleansing, owing to the fact
that it is much used by tramps. Notice-boards have also been
put up on the gates.
In Little Stanmore the sewers in the High Street have
been surcharged on various occasions, flooding the cellars.
In each case the matter was remedied, but in heavy rains it
is impossible to prevent the occurrence, as it is an old sewer
with many fresh water gullies leading into it.
There are 29 Registered Factories and Workshops in the Factories and
district to which 76 visits of inspection have been paid, and Workshops
seven contraventions of the Act found and dealt with.
The usual method of disinfection of houses has been Infectious
followed, the bedding being sent, to the Isolation Hospital Disinfection*1
for treatment in the steam apparatus. There were 157 rooms
disinfected, 11 of these being after tubercular diseases ; 20
rooms were stripped, and either limewashed or papered.
The method of disinfection is as follows : The rooms and
furniture are sprayed with Formalin, and further fumigated
with Formalin tablets, and the bedding treated as above
noted. Disinfectants are given to the occupiers of infected
houses, for use in washing down the rooms, etc.