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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
(а) Complaints of Nuisances.—During the year 1911 there were
1,998 complaints of nuisance received by the Public Health Department.
These were investigated by the sanitary inspectors of the
Borough. Notices, where necessary, were served for the remedy
of any defect or nuisance upon the person or persons responsible
under the provisions of the above Act. About 17 per cent. of the
complaints were anonymous, but these received the same consideration
as other complaints.
(b) Infectious Disease.—The number of houses inspected
during the year after infectious disease was 2,278. This is a great
increase on the number inspected during 1910. The increase is
due to inspections made after notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Any sanitary defects found were dealt with under the
provisions of the above Act.
(c) House-to-House Inspections.—These are in addition to those
inspections made under (a) and (b). The number of house to house
inspections made by the inspectors during 1911 was 2,197. This is
157 less that those inspected during the previous year, but this is
due to the fact that the two inspectors especially engaged in this
work had to devote a portion of their time during the year to
inspection under the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
These will be referred to later. The nuisances found during house
to-house inspections were dealt with in the same manner as those
found under the headings (a) and (b).
Nuisances or defects found on inspection were remedied in most
cases on the service of intimation notices alone. The total number
of such notices served during the year was 4,768. The number of
statutory notices served was 228, and legal proceedings had to he
initiated in 7 cases.