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Report of Inspector. West Combined Division.
Public Health Department,
31st December, 1913.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you my thirteenth Annual Report of the sanitary
work and other duties carried out under the different Acts in connection
therewith in the West Combined District during the past year, rendering
as far as possible a detailed account of nuisances abated, inspections
made, summonses applied for, etc.
Inspection of Division.
In investigating complaints and making inspections of all kinds,
1,619 houses or other premises have been visited, necessitating 3,700
re-inspections, 247 of these visits being on account of infectious diseases.
In addition to these a large number of pulmonary tuberculosis notifications
and notifications of tuberculosis in neck and legs have been attended
to, and dealt with as circumstances required.
This number shows an increase of 75 infectious cases as compared
with last year, owing to the epidemic of scarlet fever which
occurred in the summer, and which was general in the metropolis.
House to House Inspections.
These visits were carried out under the Public Health and Town
Planning Acts as opportunity offered in various localities, and any works
requiring attention were put in hand.
Drain Reconstructions.
The drains of 38 premises have been taken out and reconstructed
in compliance with the Bye-laws of the London County Council and
Borough Council, they have been intercepted, ventilated, and provided
with proper means of access for cleansing in times of stoppages, the whole
work being thoroughly tested before being passed.
The drains of a number of premises have also been amended where
found necessary.