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Inspector should be appointed for this purpose; but this has not been done,
and, without again going into the matter at length, I would once more
strongly recommend the Vestry to adopt this course.
Certificates under Customs and Inland Revenue
Acts, 1890 and 1891.
Certificates for exemption from Inhabited House Duty were granted in
respect of 22 houses and refused in respect of 63.
Baths and Washhouses Act.
Although upwards of two years have elapsed since the Vestry resolved
to adopt the Baths and Washhouses Acts, nothing has yet been done to carry
them into effect, though, as I have previously pointed out, they are much
needed in Fulham.
Sanitary Staff.
The Vestry employ five Sanitary Inspectors, there being to each Inspector
3,380 houses and 2,400 inhabitants as compared with 2,500 houses
and 18,700 inhabitants to each Inspector in the County of London, and 2,900
houses and 15,000 inhabitants to each Inspector in 15 of the large provincial
towns, so that even with the appointment of the additional Inspector to look
after the houses let in lodgings, as suggested, Fulham would still be below the
rest of London as regards the number of Inspectors, and during more than
half of the past year, owing to illness, the staff was reduced to four
Inspectors.
There is also great need for additional clerical assistance, as the Clerk
is quite unable to deal with the constantly increasing work of this rapidly
growing parish, and I regret that the Vestry refused to adopt the recommendation
of the Sanitary Committee, who had carefully considered the
question, that an additional Clerk should be appointed.
General Sanitary Work
1,088 complaints were received and attended to during the year, and
2,590 "intimation notices'' and 871 "statutory notices" requiring sanitary