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Chislehurst Urban District Council.
Annual Report of Sanitary Inspector for the
year ended December, 1925.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my Annual Report for the year 1925.
Visits.—The number of visits and re-visits made to various
premises during the year in connection with sanitary and health
matters has been 6,570, and 271 nuisances deemed fit to enumerate
have been discovered and dealt with.
Complaints.—There were 24 complaints received during the
year, showing an increase of 7 on the previous year. These were
as follows :—
Delay in the removal of house refuse 2
Insufficient sanitary accommodation 1
Defective water-closet t
Dampness and defective condition of houses 5
Rats infesting premises 3
Accumulation of refuse 1
Nuisance from smoky chimneys 2
Absence of dust-bin 1
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 1
Smells from house refuse dumps 4
Smell from piggery 1
Absence of water supply to W.C. 1
Obstruction of sewage drains 1
All the complaints were thoroughly investigated, and where
just cause for complaint was found, the nuisance was abated.
Disinfection.—The number of houses disinfected during the
year was 23, consisting of about 35 rooms.
The walls and bedding were sprayed with an Equifex Spray
Pump, the solution employed being Formic Aldrhyde as a 5 per
cent. solution.
The clothing of the patients, bed linen, etc. were disinfected in
a 1 in 40 solution of Izal, and the rooms fumigated by formalin
tumigators in tabloid form.