[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley].

  • Wembley (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1903]
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    10 Overcrowding. We have had a few cases of overcrowding, but prompt action soon disposed of them. In one case, however, we were compelled to go to Edgware and obtain a conviction. We shall always be glad to have information as to alleged overcrowding, so that a strict investigation may be made at once. Housing of the Working Classes. It cannot be said that at the present moment this is a pressing question, but it is a matter for regret that so large a portion of the weekly wage must be spent on the rent. This is, of course, entirely a matter of supply and demand, and is not likely to improve so near the Metropolis, at any rate authorities differ considerably as to the expediency of small municipalities undertaking extensive building operations for the Housing of the Working Classes. I have often thought that the land be tween Wembley, Stanmore, Kingsbury, and Willesden, including the Kenton district, and all Wembley Park, would be a suitable and typical area for a Garden City. Even now it would not be too late to consider the matter, if only the landowners had not an exaggerated notion of the value of their property. Mortuary. It will be a matter for satisfaction to the whole District, and especially to the resident medical practitoners to learn that you have been able, at last, to arrange for the erection of a suitable Mortuary, and that the contract for the building has actually been accepted. I understand that you only await the sealing of the lease by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the proposed site, and that this document is daily expected in the office. House Refuse Removal. The House refuse is removed periodically at an interval of every ten days from every house, and deposited as you know, at your Sewage Farm.