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CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen, and
Councillors of the Borough of Ealing.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit for your information
my Annual Report of the work carried out by the Sanitary
Inspectors of the Public Health Department during
the year 1913, in connection with the suppression and
abatement of the various nuisances which are dealt
with under the Public Health Acts and Bye-laws in
force in the Borough.
In connection with the abatement of nuisances, it
is incumbent on Local Authorities to cause such work,
or works, to be executed in such a manner as will
prevent, as far as practicable, a recurrence thereof.
It is, therefore, the aim of your Sanitary Inspectors
to see that all works that come under their supervision
are carried out in the best possible manner, so as to
comply with the existing requirements.
In some instances, I am pleased to state that the
work carried out exceeds that given in the advice, and
above the standard of work which could be reasonably
enforced, while the old tendency still exists on the part
of some persons to execute work in a very slip-shod
manner.
This so-called cheap work very often turns out to
be the most expensive, as, needless to say, your Inspectors
insist upon such work being exposed and exe-