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

  • Wembley (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1903]
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    11 The accumulation there, is undesirable, no doubt, at no distant date you will be able to arrange for a destructor of suitable make and size to meet our requirements. Gipsies. During 1902 we again suffered much from the frequent visits of large numbers of gipsies to the District, and the effort to displace them were only temporarily and partially successful until your colleague, Mr. Baldwin, voluntarily undertook to cope with the difficulty. What magical power he brought to bear on the tribe is unknown, but the inhabitants of Wembley Hill will be extremely grateful for his timely, if mysterious influence, especially if the clearance proves to be of a permanent nature! Bad Roads. We have, I believe, only two bad roads left in the District: l'embroke Road, East Lane, and Honeypot Lane, at Alperton. 1 understand you have the repair of both these roads under your consideration, and are determined to proceed shortly with the necessary preliminary steps. Expectoration in the Public Streets. One of your members has referred, and rightly referred, to the danger of the disgusting habit of spitting in the public streets, it being well known that dried sputa is the great source of infection in consumption. It is hoped that all will unite in causing the abatement of this nuisance. Sewage Farm. The Sewage Farm, which has been for the past three years, in so satisfactory a condition under the management of your Surveyor is shewing signs of incapacity for dealing with the storm water. In August last your Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Cecil Chap¬