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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
LEYTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
Owing to the death of the late Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr.
H. Miller, I beg to submit to you his 28th Annual Report for
the year ending 31st December, 1918.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
642 cases of Infectious Diseases (excluding Measles) were
notified during the above-mentioned period.
Appended is a summary of the work in connection therewith:
Houses disinfected and the sanitary arrangements
examined and tested:
Tuberculosis Cases 221
Other Infectious Diseases 288
Loads of infected bedding removed to be
disinfected at the Council's Steam
Disinfector and returned 442
Books belonging to Public Institutions
disinfected 49
Number of articles, wearing apparel, military
equipment, &c., disinfected 137
Disinfectants are supplied in cases of Infectious Disease, and
can be obtained at the Town Hall at any time during office hours.
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT AND ABATEMENT OF
NUISANCES.
Complaints received from the inhabitants of the district have
been promptly dealt with, and, where necessary, notices have
been served to remedy insanitary conditions found to exist.
The House to House inspection has been carried out in
different parts of the district. Insanitary conditions found to
exist have been remedied.