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from the Colne Valley Water Company and is satisfactory,
and of good quality. All houses are provided
with water closets. The rateable value for Poor Rate
is £88,023 1os., and assessable value for General District
Rate £76,343 17s. 6d. The mileage of roads maintained
by the Local Authority is about 9½ miles. Both
gas, and electricity are supplied in the district. The
amount of Outdoor Poor Law Relief expended in 1919
was £439 2s.9d.
I he London hospitals are generally used for cases
that require hospital treatment. There is no local hospital,
but some cases, especially accidents, are treated
in the Harrow Cottage Hospital, and a few in the
Cottage Hospital at Stanmore when beds are available.
The staple industries of the district are:—
Printing.
Photographic Works.
Cabinet Works.
Brush Making.
Glass Making.
Tin Canister Making.
Manufacture of Glass Tubes for Chemicals and
Ampules.
HOUSING.
The number of dwelling houses in the district is
2,274; of these about 1,680 are working class houses
(5s. to 12s. per week) including flats.
No houses of this class were erected in 1919.
There is a great shortage of houses generally, and
this has caused considerable overcrowding which it is at
present impossible to prevent. There are very many
people who have been trying for the past two or three
years to get separate house accommodation without
anv prospect of success in the near future. Many young
married couples are compelled to share a house with
parents or friends for want of more suitable and comfortable
accommodation. This tends to lessen the
natural increase of population, because in most cases
there is neither space nor convenience for babies as
every room is used to its utmost capacity. This mixing
of old and young married people in the same house also