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Section IV.
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE BOROUGH.
The tabular statements prepared by the Sanitary Inspectors show that
1,158 separate premises were reported on by them during 1913, 321 of
this number being with reference to cases of notifiable infectious disease,
and 341 in the course of house-to-house inspections made in certain
of the poorer streets of the Borough.
It has been necessary to take legal proceedings for breaches of the
Public Health (London) Act, in respect of one house only.
Drainage.—During the year 10 transferences were made to the
Surveyor's Department, in accordance with the Council's resolution oi
the 15th April, 1908, of premises where re-drainage works were required.

Disinfection.—During the past year, 342 premises have been disinfected
after cases of infectious or other disease, 95 of these being
rooms which had been in occupation by persons suffering from phthisis.
In addition, 265 rooms were disinfected for the presence of bugs and
other vermin, and were subsequently stripped and cleansed by the
owners of the property.
At the disinfecting station, 1,593 separate articles of bedding or
clothing were disinfected, and 115 mattresses and other articles were
destroyed in the incinerator.
Smoke Nuisance.—The working of the Generating Station, Lotsroad,
for the supply of electric current to the Underground Electric
Railways of London, has continued to be satisfactory during the year, so
far as the emission of smoke is concerned, no complaints having been
received.
There have been, however, several complaints during the year from
West Chelsea of the emission of large volumes of grit or uncousumed
cinder ash from the chimneys of the Generating Station. This grit falls
in the neighbourhood, and even at times at as great a distance as half-amile
or more from the station, on the roofs of houses and in the yards
and areas, and causes choking of gutters, stack-pipes and gullies, and very