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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER.
Particulars of the water supply to the district and the arrangements
made by the authority for the examination of samples to satisfy itself
about the suitability and the safety were set out in the annual report
for 1945. The laboratory findings of the samples submitted for detailed
anaylsis gave uniformly satisfactory results.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
There have been no changes in the arrangements set out in the
annual report for 1945.
PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Refuse Collection.
The introduction of the weekly instead of fortnightly collection of
house refuse early in the year reduced the number of complaints about the
service. The Public Health Committee, bearing in mind the nuisances
arising from dumping of deposits on waste land, recommended that a
more generous interpretation be put on the term " house refuse." The
Highways and Cleansing Committee, however, found themselves unable
to agree to take the course suggested.
Fewer complaints were received about the state of the pig-bins.
This was partly because of the introduction of the provision of a support
for the bins, which reduced the likelihood of their being knocked over,
with consequent scattering of the contents. The nuisances from pigbins,
however, were very far from being eliminated, and it is hoped that
the time is not too distant when the collection of waste food in this way
can be abandoned.
Refuse Disposal.
The disposal of the house refuse by controlled tipping at Wealdstone
and at Harrow Weald can continue for a limited period only, so arrangements
are being made to prepare for the disposal by other means when
these sites are no longer available for this purpose.
Street Cleansing.
The Public Health Committee were concerned at the state of a number
of secondary access roads, some of these, running at the back of shops,
being the only route open to the tenants of the flats over the shops.
The Committee referred the matter to the Highways and Cleansing
Committee, with the suggestion that such passages and secondary access
roads should be taken over and maintained by the Council. The Highways
Committee deferred consideration of the question until September,
1948.
MORTUARY.
During 1947, 322 bodies were received, post mortem examinations
being carried out on 232, and inquests being held on 76. 90 bodies were
admitted for storage. 37 bodies were sent into the mortuary from the
Borough of Wembley.