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Borough of wimblebon,
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
for the
Year Ended 31st December, 1923.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report of the work carried out
in my Department for the year ended 31st December, 1923.
Table III. gives a summary in detail of the various nuisances
abated and sanitary improvements effected.
Notices Served.—One thousand and forty-eight Preliminary
Notices or intimations, were served during the year
in respect of 1,157 houses. It was only found necessary to
serve 97 Statutory Notices upon the owners or occupiers of
136 houses.
217 letters respecting 249 houses were received through
the Town Clerk's Department, and answered, enquiring if
any sanitary notices were outstanding with respect to properties
for which negotiations for sale were in progress.
Opening up of Drains under Section 41 of the Public
Health Act, 1875.—As a result of the applications of the smoke
or chemical tests, it was found necessary to exercise the
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