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operation until at least one month after the first publication of the
advertisement.
Vaccination Act, 1907.— An Act to substitute a Statutory
Declaration for the Certificats required under Section 2 of the
Vaccination Act, 1898, of Conscientious Objection.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
(а) Complaints of Nuisances.— During the year 1907 there
were 2,058 complaints of nuisances investigated by the Inspectors
of the Borough. Notices were served on the appropriate persons
for the abatement of any nuisances found.
(b) Infectious disease.— There were 2,504 dwellings inspected
during the year in which notifiable infectious disease had occurred.
This is an increase of 731 dwellings upon the number inspected
after infectious disease during 1906. Any nuisances found were
dealt with in the usual way under the provision of the above Act.
(c) House to House Inspections.— The inspections made during
the year under this head numbered 1,043. These inspections have
taken place in all parts of the Borough, particularly in Homerton
and London Fields districts. These inspections are independent
of those made after complaint or after the occurrence of infectious
disease.
The nuisances found on inspection were abated in the majority
of cases on the service of an Intimation Notice alone. Of such
notices 3,986 were served. It was necessary, in addition, to serve
501 Statutory Notices and to initiate legal proceedings in 11
instances to secure the abatement of certain nuisances. The result
of the prosecutions is given in the appendix to this report.
The following details refer to the house to house inspections
made by the special inspectors appointed for this purpose.