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ANNUAL REPORT,
1909.
Wealdstone,
21st February, 1910.
To the Chairman and Members of the Wealdstone Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Fifteenth Annual
Report upon the health and sanitary condition of the
Urban District of Wealdstone.
I propose, as in previous Reports, to follow the
instructions of the Local Government Board as to the
order, nature, and scope of the Report. This year, in
addition to the usual instructions, the Board desire to be
informed precisely of what arrangements are made by
the Council for the inspection of meat in this district
the number of slaughter-houses and whether they are
visited at times of slaughtering ; whether there is an
Inspector with special qualifications in meat inspection,,
and if any carcases were found to be tuberculous.
Special reference is also made as to whether the
Notification of Births Act, 1907, has been adopted in
this district. I am also asked to state whether any action
has been taken in causing dairy cows in the
district to be examined by a Veterinary Surgeon in
order to discover whether any are affected with tuberculosis.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL
CHARACTER OF DISTRICT.
The Urban District of Wealdstone was formed in
June, 1894. The shape of the district is very irregular,
and the surface for the most part flat, but rising gradually
towards the North and West, from which elevation
in times of storm, a great deal of surface-water finds its
way down to the low-lying parts. The soil is clay.
The district 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