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BROMLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
No. 2 District.
Sanitary Inspector's Office,
Wellbrook Road, Farnborough,
February 1st, 1912.
To the CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS of the
BROMLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present to you my fourteenth annual
report.
During the year 1911 the number of visits made in the several
Parishes is as follows:—Chelsfield, 80; Cudham, 40; Downe, 46;
Farnborough, 126; Hayes, 32; Keston, 42; Knockholt, 30; and West
Wickham, 72.
Complaints. Fifty-four complaints were received and investigated.
Of these, 30 related to cesspools, 6 to offensive accumulations,
4 to sewer gratings, 4 to animals kept in a filthy condition,
3 to offensive ponds. 3 to offensive urinals, and 4 to insanitary
dwellings.
Infectious Disease. Thirty-five cases were notified as follows :—
Erysipelas, 14; Scarlet Fever, 13; Diphtheria, 4: Typhoid Fever, 3;
and Puerperal Fever, 1, per population of 11,409 inhabitants. It
was found necessary to "fumigate" twenty houses with "Sulphume,"
or Formalin, and the owners readily assisted in cleansing
the rooms.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The disinfection of rooms was carried
out at different houses where fatal cases of this disease occurred
during the year.
Water Supply. Ten houses were found to be without an available
supply of wholesome water, and these are now connected with
the Metropolitan Water Board's Main.