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In the event of any infectious disease occurring in
any school in the district, the school is visited, if necessary
the scholars examined in conjunction with the
School Medical Officer, and any suspicious cases put
under observation.
Housing.
(I) General Housing Conditions in the Area.
(1) A great number of houses are being built in the
district, particularly of the small villa type, with three
or four bedrooms. During 1925 the following number
of houses were completed:—Edgware and Little Stanmore,
155; Great Stanmore, 23; Harrow Weald, 53;
Pinner, 284; total, 515. The houses are built to order,
or for sale, many of them being purchased on the instalment
system. Many are being bought through Building
Societies.
(2) (a) There is a very great shortage of workingclass
houses in the district. I estimate the number required
under various headings to be as follows:—
(1) To abate overcrowding 15
(2) To replace unfit houses 47
(3) To meet the growth of population in the
next two years 97
(4) To house those on waiting list 180
(5) To accommodate persons at present living in
other persons houses 50
making a total of 389.
(b) To meet this shortage the Council have decided
to build at least 200 cottages, the rents of which will
be about 12s. per week, including rates. The work
has already been started in Little Stanmore. The
number of applicants on the waiting list for Council
houses was 180 at the end of the year.
(3) The population of this district is steadily increasing
and will continue to do so, more particularly
in Edgware owing to the recent opening of the Tube
Extension in that parish.
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