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ORPINGTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
No. I District.
Comprising the Wards of Biggin Hill, Cudham, Downe and
Leaves Green.
GENTLEMEN,
I beg' to present my Annual Report for the year ended 31st
December, 1937.
Nuisances.—Public Health and Housing' Acts. The number
of inspections and re-visits made to premises for the detection
of nuisances and the abatement thereof was 687, and 99
nuisances were discovered and dealt with at 54 premises.
Intimation Notices were served on the owners or occupiers
in all cases where Statutory Nuisances existed, and it is pleasing
to note that in no instance was it necessary to resort to the
service of an Abatement Notice within the meaning of the Act.
Complaints.—During the year sixteen complaints were
received as to nuisances existing at premises. These were as
follows:—
Overflowing cesspools and obstructed
sewage drains 4
Defective houses 8
Keeping of animals 1
Absence of water supply 3
All complaints were investigated, and where just cause for
complaint was found, the defects were duly remedied.
Disinfection.—The number of houses disinfected was 10,
consisting- of 15 rooms, after the following diseases:—
Diphtheria 1
Scarlet Fever 6
Tuberculosis 2
Cancer 1
Temporary Shelters for Fruit and Vegetable Pickers.—
These shelters were periodically visited during the summer
months, and the requirements of the Byelaws in respect to the
occupied shelters, privies, etc., were duly carried out.
A few only of the shelters were used for living or sleeping
purposes.
Factories and Workshops.— A total of 22 visits was made to
the workshops in my district. No nuisance was discovered.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act.—Prior to the National Rat
Week held during the first week in November posters were
displayed as in the previous year on various Posting Stations