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To the CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS of the
CHISLEHURST URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present to you my 14th Annual Report
for the year ended December, 1914.
Visits. The number of visits and re-visits made to premises
has been 7,230, and 149 nuisances have been discovered, but this
latter number does not include the nuisances which have been discovered
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
with reference to which a special report is appended.
Complaints. There were only 14 complaints received during
the year, being a decrease of two over the number received last
year. Of these, one related to an accumulation of house refuse,
one to smell from sewer gratings (this nuisance was found to arise
from open gratings situate in an adjoining District), five to accumulations
of offensive matter, two to defective drains and waterclosets,
one to an offensive smell from a surface water ditch, and
four to defective and unhealthy dwelling-houses.
All the nuisances complained of were investigated and
rectified.
Notifiable Infectious Diseases. The number of Notifications
received and dealt with during the year under the Infectious Disease
(Notification) Acts, 1889—1899, was 39, being an increase of 7 over
last year. The cases notified were:—
Scarlet Fever 17
Diphtheria 12
Erysipelas 8
Opthalmia Neonatorum 2
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Twenty-sis of these cases occurred in Upper Chislehurst and
13 in Lower Chislehurst, as follows:—
Upper Chislehurst: Scarlet Fever 15
Diphtheria 3
Erysipelas 6
Opthalmia Neonatorum 2
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