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In addition to these Inspections and Re-inspections, 256 houses
were visited on complaint of drains being choked, etc.; 125 visited for
the purpose of drains being tested; 330 where cases of Infectious
disease had been notified as occurring; and 129 new houses as to
proper water supply.
The following figures show the number of inspections (re-inspections
not included) made during 1899, compared with the number made
during the year previous to the appointment of a Clerk (1895) and ilso
during the years 1896, (in the middle of which the appointment was
made) 1897, 1898 and 1899.
Inspector Mackie. Inspector Woolley.
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1688 2374 2890 2857 2571 1901 2108 2351* 2437* 2438*
Clerical
Work.
The Clerical Work in connection with the department
during 1899 was fully as heavy as in any preceding year. I
append a detailed statement (Table XXIII.)
Common
Lodging Houses.
There are 37 common lodging houses in the
district. The control of these houses is under the
London County Council. They continue to be well conducted, and
the proprietors are willing to co-operate in every way with the Sanitary
Officials.
Slaughter
Houses.
There are 6 licensed slaughter-houses in the district.
The regulations of the London County Council applying to
them are generally observed. I would repeat the hope I expressed in
my last Report that, in the interests both of the trade and the public,
they will at no distant time all be done away with and replaced by a
public Abattoir under the control of the Local Authority.
* Also 100 additional samples taken under the Food and Drugs Act.