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18
CHISLEHURST URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
To the CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS of the
CHISLEHURST URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the
year 1910.
By an Order recently issued by the Local Government Board it
is now compulsory for Inspector of Nuisances to make an Annual
Report to the Medical Officer of Health. As a matter of fact, I
have always prepared an Annual Report since the formation of the
Urban Council.
Unfortunately at the beginning of the year I had to undergo
an operation for Appendicitis and I was unable to carry out my
duties for some weeks.
During my absence the Sanitary Work was supervised by Mr.
H. N ightingale, one of the Inspector of Nuisances to the Bromley
Rural District Council and the matters carried out by him are
included in this Report.
The number of visits and re-visits to premises has been 2,848
and 127 nuisances were discovered.
Complaints. Twenty complaints were received and investigated.
Of these, one related to accumulation of house refuse, two
to smells from sewer gratings and vent shafts, three to offensive
accumulations, two to foul ponds, seven to defective drains and
waterclosets, three to damp and defective houses, one from smoke
from a greenhouse, one from the alleged pollution of the River
Kidd (a small stream situate on the boundary between the Borough
of Bromley and our District), but as the nuisance, arose within the
Borough it was dealt with by that Authority.