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Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Water.
The Borough is normally supplied from the River Thames except
for a small portion on the eastern side of Haverstock Hill bounded
on the north by Pond Street, Hampstead Heath Railway Station, and
Nassington Road, which is at present supplied from the New River,
but which will eventually be supplied from the River Thames. The
water supply is under the supervision and control of the Metropolitan
Water Board.
Sanitary Inspection.
The Council employs eight male Sanitary Inspectors, and also one
woman Sanitary Inspector, part of whose time is devoted to the work
of a Health Visitor.
The following statements contain particulars required to be submitted
under Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926,
and affords some slight indication of the work performed by the
Sanitary Inspectors. These Inspectors attend at the Offices of the
Department from 9 to 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of being interviewed
by builders and others, and for keeping their Official Diaries and
Records, etc.
Statement showing the number of premises inspected, etc., by
the Sanitary Inspectors during 1936:—
Total number of inspections 4,369
Total number of re-inspections and other visits and
re-visits 13,316
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects 1,608
Number of these found not in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 1,060
The inspections were occasioned by various causes, e.g., complaints
received; special inspections, registration and inspection of
tenement houses; examination of premises after the occurrence of
infectious disease; sanitary work (voluntary or otherwise) in progress.