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SANITARY INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
for Year 1913.
TO THE
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE
friern Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Report for the year ending
31st December, 1913, including a summary of the work
carried out, for the suppression of nuisances, the means
taken to check the spread of infectious diseases, and the
general administration of the Public Health Acts so far
as they relate to the office of the Inspector of Nuisances.
Complaints.
These numbered 71, as against 96 during 1912 and
111 during 1911, a decrease of nearly 26%, which considering
the rapid growth of the population is very
satisfactory. Three complaints related to the non-removal
of house refuse and were handed to the Surveyor's Department
to deal with.
Nuisances.
103 intimation notices were served dealing with
264 nuisances, a classification of which will be found at
the end of this report.
Nuisances arising from structural defects tend to
get less every year, as the older houses in the district are
constantly under inspection, and the majority of the houses
in the district are under 20 years old. It has only been
necessary to serve 12 statutory notices for the abatement
of nuisances, and no proceedings before the magistrates
have been necessary. We have again had trouble with
subsoil water causing flooding in cellars, this time in the
South Ward. It was necessary in one case to completely
surround the cellar with an open area, and to put subsoil
drains therein.