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3.—Unhealthy Areas.
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes
under Part I. or Part II. of the Act of 1890.
No areas represented.
Staff engaged on housing work, and duties of each Officer.
Four Sanitary Inspectors, each carrying out all the duties of a
Sanitary Inspector in the district allocated to him.
Work of the Public Health Department.
The tabular statements prepared by the Sanitary Inspectors show
that 3,119 separate premises were reported on by them during 1921,
485 of this number being with reference to cases of notifiable infectious
disease, and 547 in the course of house to house inspections made in
certain of the poorer streets of the Borough. Legal proceedings for
breach of the Public Health (London) Act, were taken in 7 instances.
During the year 427 premises were disinfected after cases of infectious
or other disease, including 87 rooms which had been in occupation by
persons suffering from tuberculosis. In addition 376 rooms were disinfected
for the presence of bugs and other vermin, and were subsequently
stripped and cleansed by the owners.
Two hundred school children were reported by school-nurses to be
in a verminous condition, and 306 visits to homes were paid in connection
with these cases. Thirty-three cases of scabies were reported during
the year, and 54 visits to homes were paid in connection with these
cases.
Workrooms (Women Employees).
Number of workrooms inspected 426
„ workrooms measured 85
„ workroom cards given 48
„ outworkers premises inspected 126
„ laundries inspected 42
„ factories inspected 27
The Woman Sanitary Inspector also paid 74 visits to homes in
consequence of complaints received as to old age pensioners living under
neglected and insanitary conditions. She also undertook the supervision
of the Women's Sanitary Convenience at the World's End, which
was opened in February, 1921.