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Total number of inspections 2,486
Total number of re-inspections 5,809
Total inspections (factories &
workshops) 207
Visits in connection with air raid
shelters 4,630
Visits in connection with war damage 3,909
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17,041
x Additional to War Damage Reports
Number of sanitary defects found and remedied 4,676
Number of Intimation Notices served 758
Number of Statutory Notices served 139
Public Health(London) Act 1956-Section 224
One person was removed to an institution upon an Order of the
Court.
Public Health (London) Act 1956-Section 95
One certificate in regard to water supply was granted in respect to
67 flats.
Common Lodging Houses.
The inspection of these premises was carried out at frequent
intervals, and nuisances were abated in several instances. The London
County Council Annual Census was not undertaken.
Smoke Abatement.
Although the special Recommendation of the Ministry of Home
Security in regard to the emission of smoke resulted in discontinuation
of the observations, very few complaints of smoke nuisance were received
and these were found to be capable of adjustment.
Shops Act, 1954.
Several inspections were made under the Act, but action in respect
thereto is somewhat limited as a result of war restrictions.
Factories.
Inspection of factories etc. has been maintained as far as
possible; some have required the installation of additional lavatory
and water-closet accommodation for the use of augmented staffs whilst
in some cases temporary accommodation of this character has been
sanctioned purely as an emergency measure.
Rats and Mice.
In accordance with instructions of the Ministry of Food, a District
Sanitary Inspector was appointed Rodent Officer to give special attention
to food premises, wharves etc., where rat infestation was likely. He
is able to give supervision to any troublesome cases met with by the
Sanitary Inspector's Assistant besides which he provides the monthly
return required by the Ministry of Food. This arrangement has been
found to work very satisfactorily. I am able to report that, despite
many cases of damage to sewers and drains, the rat menace has not
assumed the proportions that one might have anticipated due to the
fact that immediate attention Is always given in these cases.