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7. To inspect urinals attached to public houses.
8. To inspect houses for which certificates are required under the
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts.
9. To inspect premises for which water certificates are required.
10. To make observations of smoke nuisances.
11. To inspect the shops, stalls and markets where food is sold on
Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings.
12. To inquire respecting infectious diseases notified under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and under Orders of the Local
Government Board.
13. To make inquiries respecting the infectious diseases (measles,
etc.) notified.
14. To supervise the disinfection of rooms, schools, etc., after the
occurrence of an infectious disease in them.
15. To inspect Workshops and Factories.
16. To inspect Canal Boats.
17. To inspect the homes of outworkers.
This is a long tale of work, which, to do thoroughly, would require
a considerable increase in the staff; nevertheless, as much of it is done
as can possibly be expected. There are certain inquiries or visits which
must be made day by day, that is to say, those relating to the cases of
infectious diseases that are notified by the medical profession, as well
as those which are notified by the teachers of the schools and by other
persons. One part of the work presents difficulties—not confined to
this Borough only—namely, that it is not possible to make house to
house inspections to the extent the Housing and Town Planning Act
authorises, and which the Local Government Board anticipate should
be done.
The Medical Officer of Health has no fault to find with the amount
of work performed by District Inspectors, but he cannot close his eyes
to the fact that they cannot do all the work devolving on them, especially
that relating to house to house inspection as required by the Housing
and Town Planning Act, 1910.
Altogether 5013 premises were inspected, and 18,311 re-inspections,
calls, &c., were made by the District Inspectors.
The details of the work performed by the District Inspectors (six in
number), is set out in the following pages.