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SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK, HOUSE
TO HOUSE INSPECTION, OVERCROWDING,
&C., AND POLICE COURT
PROCEEDINGS.
Lead Street. Church Avenue. Hawgood Street Area and
Brickfield Street, and Cul-de-Sac Mellish Street.
In one case where a w.c. pan and trap were fixed without notice
being given under Clause 14 of the London County Council Bye-laws,
Section 39 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the builder was
written to asking him to open the ground, otherwise legal proceedings
would be instituted against him for infringing the bye-law. This mode of
procedure prevents good work being constructed on to defective work.
Whenever drainage work has been found to have been done and covered
up without inspection, if the builder will not open the ground, the work
is exposed by the Sanitary Authority, and such a line of action ensures
sound work.
In 1904 the journals of the Sanitary Inspectors were examined from
the date of the coming into operation of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and lists were compiled (which involved a large amount of work)
of houses not inspected, and also those inspected with the number of
inspections made. Lists of houses not inspected were given to the
Inspectors with instructions to inspect such premises as soon as possible.
The inspection of these premises is now completed. The inspections took
a long time as many defective drainage systems had been discovered,
which had to be rectified before further inspections were made and fresh
drainage work created.