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SECTION III.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
AND ADMINISTRATION.
Complaints.—The number of complaints received during the year
was 340, 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 bi-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 530.
The number of statutory notices was 62. These compared with 575
and 99 in 1932. 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. 32.
Summary of Work carried out by Sanitary Inspectors during
the Year.
Inspections.
On complaint of nuisance 340
On notification of infectious disease (including non-notifiable diseases) 261
House to House 173
Re-inspection calls made 5,630
Inspection of:—
Bakehouses 29
Slaughterhouses 14
Milkshops 77
Ice Cream Premises 30
Overcrowding 26
Houses Let in Lodgings 69
Stables 44
Restaurant Kitchens 46
Marine Stores 13
Food Premises other than above 119
Premises under Meat Regulations 34
Factories and Workshops 256
Outworkers' Premises 23
Common Lodging Houses 18
Other visits 578
Verminous Premises 236
Rat enquiries 76
Smoke observations 25
Total 8,008