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41
ANNUAL REPORT OF SENIOR SANITARY INSPECTOR.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of
Mitcham.
Miss Wilson and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my eighteenth annual summary of the work
carried out in this district during the year 1933 by myself and
Inspectors P. D. O'Grady and A. W. Lock.
Total number of visits paid 11186
Number of complaints received and investigated 339
Number of premises inspected 3032
Number of premises revisited 5425
Number of nuisances discovered 1084
Number of nuisances abated without report 900
Number of nuisances abated after report 217
Number of intimatory notices served 1097
Number of statutory notices served 238
Notices followed by legal proceedings 17
Number of revisits to infected houses or houses of
smallpox contacts 88
Number of house drains tested 7
Number of drains found defective 5
Number of tests applied to new drainwork 9
Character of Work Done.
Houses repaired and cleansed generally 448
Overcrowding cases abated 37
Roofs repaired 137
Damp walls remedied 42
Eaves guttering and spcuting renewed or repaired 86
Water closets renewed, repaired or cleaned 64
Water closet flushing cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired 72
Water cisterns cleansed or covered 10
Water supply to houses reinstated 3
Back yards paved or paving repaired 60
Floors repaired 99
Dustbins provide 379