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Fulham 1927

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927

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Drainage of Buildings.—The following drainage plans
were submitted to and approved by the Public Health
Committee during 1927:—
Plans of drainage of new buildings, including
houses (9), shops and flats
(6), cottage, school, club, factories,
distillery, offices, nursing home,
studios, gate house and sub-station,
electricity show rooms and garages 40
Additions to existing buildings 40
Reconstructions of the drains of existing
buildings 85
The supervision of the above work, with the exception
of reconstructions, is in the hands of Inspector
A. J. Parsons, the Drainage Inspector. In connection
therewith he paid 1,646 visits to works under construction.
The following additional matters were dealt with by
the Sanitary Inspectors:—
Ice cream premises:—
Number of inspections 191
Other food premises:—
Number of inspections 903
Smoke nuisances:—
Complaints 7
Observations 338
Notices served —
Number abated 1
During 1927 the seven district sanitary inspectors
made 16,229 inspections of dwelling-houses and inspected
2,918 houses. They served 2,073 intimation or
preliminary notices and 325 statutory notices.
They made 70 inspections of blocks of tenement
houses under section 61 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1927, in order to ascertain the
adequacy or otherwise of the lighting (natural and
artificial) of the staircases.
It should be remembered that housing inspection,
although occupying more time than any other part of