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93.
THE WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Table VI. (appendix) contains a summary of the work of
the Sanitary Inspectors. The duties of the Inspectors are
carried out under the Sanitary Committee, your Vestry having
conferred on that body, by resolution, power to enforce the
provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 ; the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and the Factory
and Workshop Acts, 1878 to 1895. At page 2 will be found a
description of the Inspectors' districts. The staff now comprises
seven inspectors, six male and one female, a reduction
of two, one of each sex, as compared with the number in 1895.
Statutory Notices for the abatement of nuisances to the
number of 1,458 were issued during the year, by direction of
the Sanitary Committee.
Written intimations of nuisances were served by the
Inspectors, under section 3 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, to the number of 1,964. As a result of these intimations
many works of sanitary amendment were carried out
without delay, thus realizing the intention of the Legislature,
and obviating the necessity of serving statutory notices.
With regard to these intimations, I reported to your Vestry,
March 2nd, 1890 (No. 2 report, p. 25), pointing out the desirability
of an alteration in the form in use, so as to enable the
Sanitary Inspector to indicate the character of the works
necessary for the abatement of the nuisance. It had been a
frequent subject of complaint that such works were not specified,
and that the person liable to abate a nuisance was left in
ignorance of the requirements of the Sanitary Authority. I
therefore suggested the desirability of a reference to the Law
Committee, as to whether it would be legal (as it was
certainly desirable) to use a form of intimation which would
enable the Inspector to specify the works which, in the
event of the nuisance not being abated, he would report to
the Sanitary Committee to be requisite for the purpose.