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SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS.
With the exception of one complaint, the
Sewage Disposal Works have been conducted in
a satisfactory manner.
MIDWIVES' ACT, 1902.
This Act comes into operation on the 1st of
April next, and the Middlesex County Council
becomes the supervising Authority over midwives
within the County. I supplied a list of the persons
at present using the title of midwife within
our district.
ISOLATION AND SMALL POX
HOSPITALS.
Negotiations with neighbouring Authorities
for making provision for the erection of an Isolation
Hospital were again opened, but no decision has
been arrived at.
In my last Report I mentioned that the result
of the Conference of various District Councils at
the Westminster Guildhall with reference to the
erection of permanent Small Pox Hospitals did
not assist our District in our difficulty. As the
neighbouring Districts, Hampton and Hampton
Wick, were in the same position, the Chairmen of
the three Councils agreed to erect a temporary
hospital on a piece of land situated in the parish of
Hampton. The land was taken on a tenancy for
three years, and the temporary hospital ha9 been
erected for 8 males and 4 females. All expenses
were to be borne by the three Councils in proportion
to the population at the last census, and they