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STORM FLOODING.
Previous annual reports have contained references to flooding
of underground rooms in the Southern part of the Borough, due to
the surcharging of sewers during heavy rainfall.
The hardship caused to residents by these floodings has been
commented on as well as the danger to health from contaminated
water and the subsequent difficulty of freeing affected premises
from dampness.
During 1932 there was no storm of sufficient magnitude to
affect surcharging of the sewers with resultant flooding.
A Storm Flooding Relief Scheme was adopted by the Council
and put into operation in April.
Full details of the scheme are provided in the Annual Report
of the Council for 1932. It is gratifying to note in the concluding
paragraph of the report that the scheme as finally adoptedwill prove
successful in preventing flooding in the Borough, except in the case of
the most exceptional storms, for which it is, economically speaking,
impossible to provide, and that even in the case of such storms the
extent of flooding of premises and danger to health arising thereby
will be considerably mitigated.
The work in the Storm Flooding Relief Scheme was satisfactorily
completed in December.
Food Poisoning.—By Section 7 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1932, food poisoning was added to
the list of notifiable diseases. One case was notified during the year
—a mild case of gastro-enteritis following a meal of fish. The
symptoms were comparatively slight, responding readily to treatment,
and the indisposition appeared to be due more to personal
idiosyncrasy than to genuine food poisoning.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.—The Sanitary
Inspectors are the rat officers appointed by the Council under the
Act, and complaints as to infestation with rats brought to their
notice are investigated, and advice and assistance given where
necessary.