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DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The House Refuse is collected weekly by the Council's
own staff. There being no refuse destructor in the District
the refuse is conveyed to the Farm.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
The town is sewered and drained on the separate system.
The sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56
acres. The scheme of sewage disposal adopted by the
Council for the better treatment of the sewage is not yet
begun, but the contract is let, and the work will shortly
be in hand.
The method of treatment adopted arranges for the use of
mechanical sprinklers; the effluent to be turned on to
the land before being discharged into the brook.
Mr. Fairley, Victoria Street, Westminster, is the
engineer for the scheme.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The Slaughter Houses continue to receive attention by
the Sanitary Inspector, who possesses the special qualification
as Inspector of Meat and Other Foods, issued by the Royal
Sanitary Institute.
This qualification is now urged by the Local Government
Board in their memorandum as to Annual Reports, who
require information upon the subject.
JOINT ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
This Hospital is controlled by a Joint Committee of the
Barnet, East Barnet Valley Urban, and Barnet Rural
District Councils.
The accommodation is for 8 cases of Scarlet Fever, 4 of
Diphtheria, and 4 of Enteric Fever.
The percentage of cases notified which have been
removed to Hospital is 79 per cent., as compared with 80 per
cent. last year.
Owing to the prevalence of Scarlet Fever in the Hospital
area, there has been in some cases delay in obtaining admission
to the Hospital.
The Hospital still urgently needs discharge, observation,
and convalescent wards.
The provision of these wards, together with the
advisability of making all new additions of a permanent
character, is receiving the earnest consideration of the
Hospital Committee.