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SECTION III.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND
ADMINISTRATION.
Complaints. The number of complaints received during the year
was 385, compared with 350 last year. The complaints are, in the
majority of cases, from the occupiers of houses and deal with alleged
nuisances. These complaints are investigated by the Sanitary Inspectors,
who, when the circumstances justify, serve the necessary notices required
for the abatement of the nuisances.
Closet Accommodation. The water-carriage system is general throughout
the Borough.
Removal and Disposal of Refuse. House refuse is removed by the
Works Department of the Council. A weekly collection is made. The
refuse is conveyed to the Council's Wharf on the River Thames, whence
it is barged away. Inoffensive trade refuse is removed by the Council
on payment of a fee in accordance with the provisions of Section 33 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Fish offal and other offensive
trade products, which could be removed on application as trade refuse,
are invariably removed and sold by the persons to whom this class of
refuse belongs.
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough. Set out on the following pages
is a summary of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during
the years 1921-1925.
During the year 1925, the number of intimation notices served was
765. The number of statutory notices was 244. These compare with
731 and 213, respectively, in 1924. In five cases the owners neglected
to comply with the statutory notices and in these it was found necessary
to issue summonses. Details of these prosecutions are set out in tabular
form in Table No. 20.

*These figures do not include revisits or inspections of premises where no defects
were found. Including these, the total number of inspections during 1925
was approximately 6,650.