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almost entirely situated in the area above referred to. I also
draw the attention of the Vestry to the large amount of extra
duty, both clerical and inspectorial, that has been thrown on
Inspector Kerslake by this registration. With more clerical
assistance I should be able to extend the operation of the
By-laws to other parts of Camberwell, in which Parish,
according to the report of the Medical Officer of Health to
the London County Council, there appears to be considerable
scope for their enforcement.
As a result of the complaints received and inspections
made, referred to in Table XII., 4,498 intimations were served
under the Public Health (London) Act, and it was found
necessary to follow these up by 1,110 statutory notices, of these
90 notices referred to houses let in lodgings. Furthermore in
90 cases it was necessary to still further follow up the notices
by the issue of summonses to appear at the police court.
There were 3,295 copies of notification certificates sent to the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and 3,793 intimations were sent
to schools (including Sunday schools) stating that children
from houses where infectious disease existed were in attendance
at those schools. 3,331 disinfection notices were sent, and
5,697 notices of infectious disease were served on the occupiers
of infected houses, thus forming a total of 16,116 notices
concerning notifiable diseases. In addition to this clerical
work 16,028 letters were sent and 11,162 received and dealt
with. The clerical work in connection with all these notices,
&c., has been performed by the two clerks, with the exception
of the writing out of the notices, &c., under the Public
Health Acts, a duty carried out by your Inspectors.
In regard to Table C it is important to remember that
this is a description of the work ordered by the Sanitary
Authority; in a number of cases, however, the work is done
by the owners directly they receive intimation of the existence
of the nuisance, it is consequently unnecessary to bring the
affair before the Committee to obtain their sanction to serve a
notice, as the work is already satisfactorily completed.
Among the new departures made during the year I
have to bring to the notice of the Vestry that a house register
has been started with a view to showing when each house was
inspected, what work was done, and also whether the attention