When you stand in the bus station in Harrow facing St Ann's Shopping Mall you see a gilded statue on the wall opposite. She is the Greek Goddess Hygeia, also a Roman Goddess. You can see from the sign underneath her in large letters across the top of the square columns that the building is named Hygeia house. From her we get the word hygiene. Health and hygiene.
She appears to be doing her morning exercises whilst waiting for the bus. If you want to see more statues of energetic females in Harrow, look for the skipping Katy.
If you travel to Poland, in Krakow you can see an art deco statue of Hygeia.
Elsewhere on the web, you can see Klimpt's painting of Hygeia.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_the_London_Borough_of_Harrow
Showing Stanmore sculpture
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sculptures_in_the_London_Borough_of_Harrow
About skipping statue called Katie and the underpass under the circle (roundabout)
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