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Harrow 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]

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"Complaints have been received of smells arising"
"from the farms during the hot weather.''
"The Council are now dealing with the Greenhill"
"Sewage Farm; preliminary plans have been prepared"
"and approved for alterations there, but the matter"
"has been postponed pending negotiations with the"
"Wealdstone Council on the question of their treating"
"the sewage from Harrow on their Sewage Farm.”
“Many thousand loads of ashes have been taken"
"to Newton Farm, and dug into the new field and this"
"treatment appears to be very successful, as the efflu-"
"ent has kept excellent."
"The question of the provision of Public Urinals"
"is receiving the attention of the Council.”
“The following roads have been declared highways"
"repairable by the inhabitants at large:—Devonshire"
''Road, Oxford Road, Dorset Road, and part of Sussex"
''Road."
"The Council have decided to enlarge the Public"
"Offices, and public competition among architects"
"is now taking place with regard to the plans."
"Great improvements have and are being made"
"by the Council on the Harrow Recreation Ground.”
"Shelters and Conveniences have been erected and the”
"pitches for tennis, bowls and other games levelled."
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
Dr. Young. the County Medical Officer of Health,
has forwarded me the following particulars of the
County Inspector's work during 1911.
Milk 32
Butter 13
Coffee 5
Lard 3
Flour and Baking Powder 6
Drugs 7
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No sample was adulterated.