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Wealdstone,.
February 25th, 1907.
To the Chairman and Members of the Wealdstone Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
1 have the honour to present my Twelfth Annual
Report upon the health and sanitary condition of the
Urban District of Wealdstone.
I am glad to say that the Vital Statistics for the past
year are satisfactory, and show a marked improvement
in the death-rate and a reduction in the number of cases
of infectious diseases notified.
The birth-rate has gone up as usual, and the estimated
increase in population amounts to over 1100 persons.
No case of Enteric Fever has been notified for 3 years, and
only 3 cases of Diphtheria were certified during 1906.
Estimated population, 10,760.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL
CHARACTER OF DISTRICT.
The shape of the district is most irregular, having a
kind of " shoulder of mutton " formation. For the most
part the surface is flat, but rises gradually towards the
North and West, from which elevation in times of storm
a great deal of surface water finds its way to the low
lying parts. The soil is clay. It is bounded on the
North, East, and West by portions of the Hendon Rural
District, and on the South-East and South by the districts
of Kingsbury, Wembley, and Harrow. The
London and North Western Railway runs through the
district from South-East to North-West, about two-