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better conditions, and the chimneys carried to a much greater height so as to
obviate the nuisance.
The particulars of inspections and work done by your Sanitary Inspectors
under this Act, also the tabulated statement of work done under various headings
in the form required by the Medical Officer of Health for the County of
Middlesex, is included in your Medical Officer of Health's report.

Every care has been exercised to make the returns in this report as
accurate as possible, also the number of visits shown in the tabulated statement
in your Medical Officer of Health's report. There are a great
number of things done which cannot well come under a definite heading,
although they need the supervision of the Department. Every year the work of
the Department is increasing and this applies not only to the outdoor work but
to the inside clerical work as well.
In the past few years I have been endeavouring to alter the records of the
District from the old system of house-to-house registers to a system whereby
the record of every house inspected can be seen at once, from its initial stage,
without referring to a number of registers to find out how many inspections
have been made from time to time, and the general condition of the premises.
This work alone will take some years to complete, especially if all the
returns on the old registers are brought forward, and I wish to personally record
my thanks to Messrs. Winter, Coates, Nixon and Miss Hudson, Inspectors;
and Messrs. Kirkman, Dyer and Farrar, Clerks in the Public Health Department,
for the assistance they have given after office hours to help in bringing
so far forward this important work.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
NUISANCES.
Many nuisances that arise are very difficult to effectually deal with, and in
many cases the powers are very limited; especially does this apply to the
nuisance of keeping animals, etc., near dwelling houses, and covering in the