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carefully supervised. If this is not done, the rooms will
not be perfectly ærated when the children have to use
them:.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The arrangements for putting into operation this wise
measure have reached such a stage that two medical men
have been appointed by the County Council to do the work
under the supervision of the County Medical Officer of
Health. They will watch over the growth and development
of all the children, and will take steps to remedy
defects of sight and hearing, and, as far as possible,
mental deficiency.
The effect of this work should be to raise the standard
of health and efficiency in the children to-day who will
be the men and women of to-morrow.
PUBLIC URINALS.
A rapidly increasing town of the size and importance
of Harrow ought to be supplied with these sanitary
conveniences, and I recommend that one be placed in
each of the three parishes.
RAINFALL.
The rainfall for the year was 25.37 inches, which is
.96 less than in 1906, when it was 26.33, or about one
inch above the average for the previous 10 years.
The number of days on which .o1 or more inches
of rain fell was 20 in October, 18 in June, 17 in May
and December, 16 in April, July and August, 15 in
November, and 8 in June and September. On October
14th 1.11 inches of rain fell.
I think it only right to say that the careful supervision
of new buildings by Mr. Bennetts, your Surveyor, is
preventing jerry-building, and that Mr. Kramm, your
Sanitary Inspector, has succeeded in bringing many of
the older premises up to a much higher sanitary standard.