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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
10, Wood Street,
BARNET.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs. Hughes and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report giving
particulars of the measures carried out by my Deportment during the
year 1946, in administering the Public Health, Housing and other Acts
and Bye-Laws in force in the District.
Owing to reduction in Staff and the winding up of Civil Defence
work which the Deportment was responsible for, it has not been
possible to do more than submit my report in a condensed form.
With the return of Mr. J. B. Wilson, Additional Sanitary
Inspector from Active Service in October, and Mr. H. W. C. Alloway
earlier in the year, the Staff is now back to normal.
Many properties have suffered as a result of the Blitz and a
still greater number have deteriorated owing to the inability of
getting essential repairs carried out during the war.
Subject to the limitations imposed by availability of labour and
materials in the building trades, it is hoped that the next report
will show real improvement in bringing about much needed repair work,
thus bringing the District back into its pre-war sanitary condition.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
General Inspections of the District have been carried out
periodically and all complaints investigated.
The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon
the person in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the
defects, has been followed, and only if a person fails to comply with
this preliminary notice, or strict legal procedure is necessary in
the first instance is the matter reported to the Council for
statutory action to bo taken.