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The provision of a small destructor is a subject which
must receive the consideration of the Council in the future.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
The town is sewered and drained on the separate system.
The Sewage is conveyed to an Irrigation Farm of 56
acres, but before it is turned on to the land it is screened and
treated by means of detritus and sedimentation tanks and 3
rotary filters. New works were completed early last year at
a cost of about £6,000.
Pumping is necessary for one sewer, which has its outfall
at a low point on the Farm. The Port of London
Authority continue to take samples of the effluent, but since
the works have been in operation no further complaints have
been received.
TROOPS (7th BATT. RESERVE, MIDDLESEX
REGIMENT).
About 1,000 men of this regiment were billeted in the
district during the latter part of the year. There was a considerable
demand for the men by householders, owing to the
liberal scale of pay, and they were well housed and fed. In
most cases, two men were allotted to a house. There was
very little illness, and no cases of infectious disease were
notified. I visited the Barracks immediately upon the
the arrival of the regiment, and kept in close touch with their
Medical Officer during the stay in Barnet.
The houses in which the men were billeted were all
supplied by the town's water supply, and fitted with modern
water closets.
A number of the houses had no bathrooms. I attempted
to secure the re-opening of the swimming bath for their use,
but was not successful.
There were very few cases of drunkenness reported.
A large number of recreation rooms and entertainments
were provided by local churches and residents.
The Isolation Hospital was at the authorities' disposal;
antitoxin and a free examination of throat swabs and blood
were available for any suspected case of diphtheria or typhoid
fever.