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BAKERIES.
The bakers of Harrow have shown a commendable desire to
meet the demands of modern sanitary science, and they have
cheerfully carried out many suggestions I have made with this
object.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The great importance of preventing diseased meat being sold
for food renders it incumbent on me to urge upon the Council the
necessity of providing a public Slaughter House. Were this done
all the meat could be properly inspected, and any found unfit for
food condemned.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
One of the two Common Lodging Houses in the town has been
inspected and recommended for a license. The occupier of the
other claims that as the whole premises are licensed as an Inn, he
is under no legal obligation to register the portion used as a
Common Lodging House. I have drawn the attention of the
Council to the fact that when I was last permitted to visit the
premises the sanitary conditions were not good.
SEWAGE AND SEWAGE FARMS.
All the sewage of the district is distributed over the surface of
the Sewage Farms, and this comes in contact with the growing
crops. It is therefore necessary that all houses which drain into
the sewers should be under the control of the Council, so that no
infected excreta is allowed to pass into them.
NOTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION.
It should be generally known that the law requires all householders
to notify to the Medical Officer of Health all cases of
Notifiable Infectious Disease occurring on their premises. The
certification by the medical attendant does not relieve the householder
of this duty.