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This has already borne fruit. On receipt of information
the County Medical Officer of Health has visited
the school, examined children, and with the local
Medical Officer of Health, inquired into the circumstances
and come to a conclusion as to the action which
facts have justified.
With the development of the work, this co-operation
between the officers of the two authorities should prove
of much benefit to the public health of the County.
COTTAGE HOSPITAL.
The Cottage Hospital continues to be of inestimable
benefit, not only to the inhabitants of Harrow, but to
several of the neighbouring districts. It receives and
deserves the most cordial support.
MOUNT PARK DISTRICT.
The present seems to be an appropriate time for the
incorporation of this district with the town of Harrow,
to which it naturally belongs. As it becomes more
populous the unsatisfactory condition produced by the
present state of things will be more accentuated. In
previous reports I have dealt with the necessity for this
reform, and I would again strongly urge the Council to
take steps to bring it about.
A rectification of the boundary in other parts of
the district is also desirable. At the present there, is one
house situated partly in Harrow and partly in the
adjoining district.
NEW HOUSES, BUILDINGS, Etc.
Mr. Percy Bennetts, your Surveyor, reports as follows :
The number of Plans approved by the Council
was:—
New Houses, 261; Shops, 22; Alterations and Additions,
35; Buildings not Dwellings, 14; New Roads, 3.
One hundred and fifty-seven houses and 17 shops, with
dwellings attached, have been finished and approved.
The number of inspections of houses, etc., in course
of erection during the year amounted to 3,400, and the
number of defects or contraventions of the By-Laws
found and remedied was 200.