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for this purpose which has been under consideration for some
time will eventually lead to a satisfactory solution of the
question and relieve us of any further responsibility in this
matter.
IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW WORKS, Etc.
The commodious and splendidly-arranged new Board
Schools in Station Road were opened in August, and are in
every way a credit to the District. They stand on an acre of
ground and are built on the central hall system with accommodation
for 800 children. A new block of buildings at the
rear of the present structure, with a separate entrance from
Shelley Road, is being built to accommodate the Infants,
The new Cemetery and Recreation Ground were opened
in the Autumn and will supply a need that has been severely
felt for a long time. The want of the former has caused much
inconvenience and expense amongst the poorer classes for
years past, interment of Wealdstone people having to be made
at places 7, 8, and 9 miles distance, involving great expense
and loss of time.
A Mortuary has been provided at the rear of the Council
premises with facilities for the making of post mortem
examinations.
A portable apparatus for disinfecting bedding and clothing
by means of current steam saturated with formic aldehyde
vapour has been provided and is likely to prove of very great
service; a carriage has been provided for conveying this
apparatus to houses where disinfecting is required. The
carriage can also be used for the conveyance of bodies to the
Mortuary.
The Council has adopted the Infectious Diseases (Prevention)
Act of 1890 in order to deal more effectually with the
prevention of Infectious Diseases.
NEW SEWERS AND ROADS.
One short length of surface water sewer has been laid in
the High Road from Claremont Road towards Harrow Weald
for a distance of about 800 feet. This portion of the High
Road has also been improved for a distance of 730 feet.
Marlborough Road for a length of 810 feet has also been
improved, the pavement in both cases being patent stone.
The work of making up and paving Hindes Road is well
advanced and will shortly be completed. There are still many
roads which badly need making up and paving, but the Council