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Slaughterhouses.
There is 1 slaughterhouse in the Borough. Twenty-three inspections were made. No notices
were served.
Ice Cream Premises.
There were 144 premises where ice cream is manufactured on the Register at the end of
1910, 5 were removed during the year under report, making a total of 139. 195 inspections
were made and 12 notices served.
Hairdressers and Barbers.
At the end of 1911 ten barbers were in possession of certificates.
Inspections.
In Table XII. of Appendix will be found particulars of the general sanitary work by the
District Inspectors during 1911, and in Table IX. the number of premises on the Registers to
which special attention has been paid.
The house-to-house inspections number 2,075. This is 3,612 below the total for the previous
year, and is an average of 259 per Inspector, against 711 in 1910.
3,403 intimation notices were served, compared with 4,144, and 909 statutories, against 1,197
in the previous year.
The following table shows the work done by the District Inspectors during the year:-
10
11
12
I I
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Drains Tested.
Re-inspections.
Other Calls and
Visits.
Chimneys Watched.
Underground
Conveniences.
Special Inspections.
Complaints.
Outworkers.
- Bi-Annual Inspection.
Factories and
Workshops specially
Inspected.
Infectious Diseases.
Offensive Trades.
House to House.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Ints.
No.
No.
Ints.
No.
Ints.
Ints.
No.
Ints.
No.
Ints.
Ints.
Ints.
No.
94
233
2,873
11
2
Mr. Grice
53
287
142
137
18
7
1
-
5
335
379
204
286
294
1
1
217
326
56
58
12
73
8
16
108
2,545
577
265
43
2
7
„ Wood
325
231
120
311
54
12
116
255
193
90
159
165
32
6
2
-
13
213
260
12
160
2,872
24
27
„ Merryman
„ Toogood
148
331
-
-
36
61
82
3,239
7
343
138
258
76
489
264
396
61
-
29
32
687
117
33
284
11
36
297
2,977
385
8
5
„ Freeman
258
208
48
316
190
340
52
12
-
127
79
-
111
191
20
14
2
-
-
31
-
449
2
249
1,615
342
„ Bartlett
„ Townsend
268
41
-
108
289
42
68
134
1,080
146
2
94
49
82
27
17
64
10
1
-
-
56
1
9
181
64
3
49
70
1,096
17
10
„ Pitts
58
42
55
21
101
50
72
20
-
-
-
2
234
16
137
104
252
247
41
1
30
239
23
140
2,628
2
1
„ Cockburn
180
23
163
-
-
220
2,978
36
1,417
122
1,114
1,401
20,925
Totals
2,075
409
1,219
2,187
308
117
1
1,732
101
1,299
2,053
The most noticeable difference between the figures of this table and those for 1910 is the
small number of house-to-house inspections for 1911 compared with the former.
This is due to an alteration in the methods of house-to-house inspection occasioned by the
requirements of the Housing and Town Planning Act of 1909 and the regulations made under it.
By this Act the Medical Officer of Health is required to submit from time to time lists of houses
requiring early inspection with a view of finding out whether they should be dealt with under
Section 15 or 17, and this was thought to be a good opportunity of keeping a very complete record
of the condition of each house. Inspectors were therefore instructed, among other matters, to note
the cubic capacity of the living and sleeping rooms, and this plan was adhered to during the year.
It has, however, since been decided to omit the measurements in the future except where it is
proposed to take action, since it adds greatly to the work and the result does not seem commensurate
with the trouble involved. The figures of 1912, therefore, should revert more nearly to those of
1910, but will probably not quite come up to them, since, apart from the measurement of the rooms,
the inspections now made are more thorough and the records kept more complete than formerly.
Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890-1909.
The Improvement Scheme under Part I. of the Act of 1890 for the acquisition, pulling
down, and rebuilding, &c., of the areas known as Tabard Street, Grotto Place, and Crosby Row was
carried a stage further during 1911.
It will be remembered that "official representations" were made during 1910 on the above
areas by Dr. Millson, Medical Officer of Health, Southwark, as regards the first two, and by myself
on Crosby Row, the result of which was that the London County Council, who have the administration
of this part in London, made inquiries, and having satisfied themselves that an improvement scheme