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137
Total number of textile articles disinfected 18,321
Total number of books from Public Library disinfected
130
Total number of verminous persons cleansed 322
All the verminous persons cleansed were children of school
age.
In addition to the disinfection of rooms on account of the
notified infectious diseases, 122 were fumigated on account of
vermin, 23 on account of Consumption, 11 on account of Cancer,
and 12 on account of Measles.
During the year the Borough Council continued its agreement
with the Education Department of the London County Council to
bathe and cleanse verminous school children.
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED
DURING THE YEAR 1915.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has been
performed during the year; 4,334 premises were inspected for conditions
injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions
varying in their nature from slight to very grave were discovered
in a large number of instances; 480 Intimation Notices, followed
in 17 cases by Statutory Notices, were complied with. Of 4,334
premises inspected, only 147 inspections were made as the result
of complaints by householders and others, and this circumstance
will serve to accentuate the importance of prosecuting a fairly
constant system of house-to-house inspection in at least the poorer
parts of the Borough. In the case of 47 of the complaints received,
no nuisance existed at the time of inspection. 3,747 re-inspections
were made, making a total for the year of 8,081 inspections.
The slaughter-houses, bakehouses, cowsheds, and dairies, the
common lodging-house and the registered houses let in lodgings,
situated in the Borough, were all inspected during the year.