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SECTION III.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
AND ADMINISTRATION.
Complaints.—The number of complaints received during the year
was 423 compared with 482 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.—Prepared by the Senior
Sanitary Inspector and set out on the following pages is a summary of
the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors.
During the year, the number of intimation notices served was 753.
The number of statutory notices was 166. These compare with 886
and 216 respectively, in 1927. In three 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. 19.

* This figure is included in House to House Inspections.