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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Special inspections of all bakehouses in the Borough were
made, particularly with reference to the occupation of underground
bakehouses, but this question will be dealt with more
fully in next year's report.
Other special inspections were made of the new roads in the
vicinity of Earlsfield Station, to examine and report on the
materials used in making up these roads. It was found that the
great bulk of the material used was of an unobjectionable
character, but several heaps of manure and decaying vegetable
matter which had been deposited there were found, and these were,
where visible, removed by the owner of the land after service of
the usual notice.
I also made 488 inspections of premises to report on their
sanitary condition, chiefly previous to the service of statutory
notices, these including the inspections of factories and workshops.
My attendance at the Police Court or the High Court was
necessary on 20 separate occasions.
The Table of sanitary operations is more complete for the
year under consideration than it was in the year previous, as a
more exact record has been kept of all the work done.
The number of complaints received shows only a slight increase,
1,445, compared with 1,353.
The number of houses and premises inspected was 14,703,
compared with 12,592 in 1901, but this increase was not general
in all the parishes. In Clapham and Tooting the number shows
a decrease compared with last year, due largely to the cases of
Small-pox occurring in these parishes, which occupied a large
amount of the time of the Inspectors.
With regard to house-to-house inspections, which I have
always Considered one of the most) important duties of the
Sanitary Inspectors ,the number of houses inspected was 4,823,
compared with 4,365 in 1901. There also Clapham and Tooting
show a decrease, compared with 1901, due to the reason stated
above.