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instead of attempting to marry together a number of plans
drawn up without any reference to each other, and which
consequently cannot combine the best features as regards
communication, which is one of the essentials of town
planning. This is a question for consideration in the near
future.
Barnet is delightfully situated, the surrounding country
being undulating pasture land, well wooded, and lends itself
admirably to high-class residential planning.
The Council's Housing Estate will form part of the
scheme.
Town planning has been taken up by the majority of
Urban Districts in the outer London area, about eighty
Authorities having schemes in various stages of preparation.
I have the honour to be a member of the National
Advisory Committee of the Housing and Town Planning
Council, and also a member of the Greater London Committee
and Sub-Committee. I have therefore been enabled to keep
in touch with all questions of difficulty which have arisen in
other Districts, and have gathered much useful information
upon the subject of town planning, which I trust will be of
use to the Council in carrying into effect their proposed
scheme.
SANITARY LEGISLATION.
RAG-FLOCK REGULATIONS, 1912.
These regulations made under the Act of 1911 prescribe
the standard of cleanliness required in rag-flock, whether used
for bedding, cushions, or any article of upholstery.
The chief clause states that " Flock shall be deemed to
conform to the standard of cleanliness when the amount of
soluble chlorine, in the form of chlorides, removed by thorough
washing with distilled water at a temperature not exceeding
25C. (77°F.) from less than 40 grammes of a well mixed
sample of flock does not exceed 30 parts of chlorine in
100,000 parts of the flock."