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137
Annual Report
of the
Sanitary Inspector
For the Year 1913.
To the Chairman and Members of the Finchley
Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to present to you my Twelfth Annual
Report dealing with the work carried out by your Sanitary
Inspectors during the year 1913, in connection with the
administration of the numerous Acts of Parliament and byelaws
in force within the district.
The total number of inspections made during the year
was 9,361, as compared with 8,763 in 1912. On 984 of the
premises visited, nuisances to the number of 2,010 were discovered,
and in dealing with the sanitary defects from which
they arose 211 "Intimation" Notices with respect to 418
premises and 147 "Statutory" Notices were served. The
numbers of letters written and received with reference to the
business of the department was respectively 1,115 and 937.
At the end of the year 1,855 of the nuisances discovered had
been abated, the work of remedying 63 was in hand, and the
remaining 92 were outstanding. In order to ascertain that
the sanitary defects were being properly remedied 1,824 visits
were paid to the respective premises while the work was in
progress.