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In addition to the disinfection of rooms on account of the
notified infectious diseases, 64 were fumigated on account of vermin,
15 on account of Consumption, 5 on account of Cancer, and a
few on account of Measles and Whooping Cough.
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, and 424 of such
children were cleansed.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
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; 2,519 premises were inspected for
conditions injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions
varying in their nature from slight to grave were discovered to the
number of 1,538; 593 Intimation Notices, followed in 46 cases by
Statutory Notices, were complied with. 2,697 re-inspections were
made, making a total for the year of 5,216 inspections.
The slaughter-houses (4), bake-houses (27), and dairies (68),
situated in the Borough, were all inspected during the year. The
Common Lodging House was closed in the year 1918.
FOOD INSPECTION.
During the year many systematic efforts were made to detect
the sale of diseased meat within the Borough, and I. am glad to
say that, with few exceptions, our inspections (484) have not called
for any seizures. Fifteen hundredweight of unsound food was voluntarily
surrendered during the year. Premises where food is prepared
and stored have been kept under supervision.
The Dairies have been systematically inspected during the year.
No cows are now kept in the Borough.
RESTAURANT KITCHENS AND EATING HOUSES.
There are 15 of these premises in the Borough. The results
of the inspections, both of the food and the kitchens, have been
satisfactory.