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w.c.'s, windows not made to open, absence of eaves guttering,
etc., and defective yard-paving were amongst the most
numerous of the defects found. They were all promptly dealt
with. Structural alterations were made in one instance to
convert two undesirable premises into one dwelling, and in
three cottages structural alterations were carried out to improve
the lighting and ventilation. Ovcr-crowding is not
very common, but eleven nuisances from this cause came
under notice.
Summary of the Sanitary Work performed during
the Year.
Inspection of the district has been systematically carried
out, including visits to the dairies, cowsheds, slaughterhouses,
bakehouses, workshops, houses in which epidemic disease had
broken out, insanitary property, and routine house to house
inspection. In all, some 7.763 inspections were made, and
nuisances to the number of 2,449 were discovered.
209 complaints with regard to alleged nuisances were
received during the year, and prompt attention was given to
each.
297 rooms were fumigated; and 7,030 articles, chiefly
bedding and wearing apparel, were disinfected in the Council's
steam apparatus. In addition to the above, 29 stovings
(527 articles) of bedding, etc., were carried out, and 8 patients
were removed to hospital from the Friern Barnet District
Council.
138 drains were re-constructed or repaired, the work being
supervised in a thorough and satisfactory manner by the
Sanitary Inspector. A plan of each drain re-laid is made by
the Inspector, and this, together with all necessary particulars,
is filed for future reference.
The meat, fish, poultry, and fruit shops, and premises
where food is prepared for sale, have been kept under observation.