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Chiswick 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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inspection of the meat cannot be satisfactorily carried
out under existing circumstances, which is considered
of primary importance by all sanitarians.
General Inspection of the District.
I have made the usual personal inspections, and
reported on the same when found necessary to your
Council. The system by which the Parish is regularly
and systematically inspected by your Sanitary
Officials has been carried out with the usual activity
evidence of which will be shown in the report of the
Sanitary Inspector herewith appended.
House Refuse Removal.
The general cleansing of ashpits and other refuse
receptacles was efficiently carried out by the Surveyor's
staff. The novel collection of dust by the
motor carts or wagons will, it is to be hoped, prove
an economical success. The contemplated erection
of a refuse destructor being both a ready and efficient
method of disposing of this refuse by incineration,
will in all probability be carried out during the
coming year.
Recreation Ground in Chiswick Lane.
Negotiations are now pending for the purchase by
your Council of the Homefields. This much-needed
playground will shortly be added to the attractions
of the district, and will have a tendency to improve
the physique of the young people, and in addition will,
I hope, give a moral tone, which will be an adequate
return for the investment.