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Overcrowding.
We have had a few cases of overcrowding, but prompt
action soon disposed of them. In one case, however, we were
compelled to go to Edgware and obtain a conviction.
We shall always be glad to have information as to alleged
overcrowding, so that a strict investigation may be made at
once.
Housing of the Working Classes.
It cannot be said that at the present moment this is a
pressing question, but it is a matter for regret that so large a
portion of the weekly wage must be spent on the rent. This is,
of course, entirely a matter of supply and demand, and is not
likely to improve so near the Metropolis, at any rate authorities
differ considerably as to the expediency of small municipalities
undertaking extensive building operations for the Housing of
the Working Classes. I have often thought that the land between
Wembley, Stanmore, Kingsbury, and Willesden, including
the Kenton district, and all Wembley Park, would be a suitable
and typical area for a " Garden City." Even now it would not
be too late to consider the matter, if only the landowners had
not an exaggerated notion of the value of their property.
Mortuary.
It will be a matter for satisfaction to the whole District,
and especially to the resident medical practitoners to learn
that you have been able, at last, to arrange for the erection of
a suitable Mortuary, and that the contract for the building has
actually been accepted. I understand that you only await the
sealing of the lease by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the
proposed site, and that this document is daily expected in
the office.
House Refuse Removal.
The House refuse is removed periodically at an interval
of every ten days from every house, and deposited as you know,
at your Sewage Farm.