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BROMLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
No. 2 DISTRICT.
Office of Inspector of Nuisances,
2, Chester Villa,
Wellbrook Road,
Farnborough, R.S.O.,
Kent.
To the Chairman and Members of the
BROMLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
GENTLEMEN,
1 have the honour to present to you my first report, (July
6th to December 31st, 1898).
Inspections.—The number of inspections made in the several
parishes in my District during this period were as follows:—
Chelsfield, 26; Cudham, 14; Downe, 19; Farnborough, 65;
Hayes, 15; Keston, 31; Knockholt, 14, and West Wickham, 43.
Complaints.—Fifty-five complaints were received and investigated.
Of these, 20 related to cesspools; 18 to defective drainage;
8 to offensive accumulations; 4 to animals kept so as to be a
nuisance; 3 to water supply, and 2 to offensive ponds.
Infectious Disease.—Thirty-eight cases of infectious disease
have been notified and dealt with in No. 2 District since my appointment,
namely :—Scarlet Fever, 16; Diphtheria, 13; Erysipelas, 8;
and Enteric, 1. Thirty houses were fumigated with liquid Sulphur
Dioxide; the clothing, etc. was disinfected with a solution of
Perchloride of Mercury.
The total number of infectious cases notified in this District
during the year was 52, made up as follows:—Scarlet Fever, 21;
Diphtheria, 14; Erysipelas, 12; Typhoid, 3, and Enteric, 2. Total
number of houses disinfected, 40.
Factory and Workshops' Act.—Sixteen Laundries have been
inspected, in two cases, nuisances arose from ineffectual drainage,
and this has since been rectified.