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17C
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1905.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
SIR,—
I beg to lay before you my sixteenth Annual Summary of
the Sanitary work carried out in my Division during the year
ending 31st December, 1905, as follows: —
Inspections on complaints of nuisances 966
Do. on notifications of infectious diseases 335
Do. on house-to-house visitation 193
Do. Canal Boats 55
Re-Inspections 2,595
Making a total of 4,144
Details and results of such inspections from time to time have
been entered in the book kept for that purpose, as prescribed by
the Public Health (London) Act), 1891.
Of the total number (1,494 houses and other premises) of primary
inspections made, I found that 39.4 per cent. of the premises thus
inspected various works of sanitary amendment were needed to be
carried out—requiring the service of 589 written intimations, 364
statutory, and 60 final notices. In many of these cases on the
service of the usual written intimations, which in all cases precedes
the service of statutory notices, the required works were executed
by the respective persons liable, but in 3 cases it was found
necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings, necessitating 4
attendances at the police-court to ensure enforcement.