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notice that children living in the District and attending School
here and elsewhere suffer from the burden of having to do
home lessons. It seems to me that young children should be
completely " off duty," that is, quite free from care and anxiety
from the moment they leave school till their return the next
day. I have often noticed that various forms of cerebral irritation,
mutterings during sleep, night terrors are directly traceable
to overpressure at School.
Nuisances at Alperton.
During the year many inspections were made in Alperton
to ascertain and exactly localise the source of a very pungent
disagreeable odour like burning indiarubber pervading the
district, and evidently coming from Alperton. The deposit of
rough dust on the canal side, the Volenite factory, the Bone
factory, the piggeries, Mr. Haynes' yards, and in fact all
premises have been searched. There can be little doubt that
much of the evil smell comes from the refuse gas coke used,
and your Sanitary Inspector and others are convinced that it is
due also to the burning of a refuse gas wood used by the
poorer people there. We shall shortly be asking you to take
steps to have this nuisance abated.
Cowsheds, Dairies, Laundries, etc.
I have visited and inspected the dairies, cowsheds, laundries,
arid bakehouses of the District. They are all in fair condition,
and the owners give no trouble, and seem ready to carry out
all instructions and suggestions.
The large bakehouse in Wembley, the plans for which have
had your approval, is now completed, and in use. It cannot
be considered an underground bakery, though apparently below
the roadway, and it answers every sanitary requirement.