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BARMET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL,
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT..
Public Health Department,
31 Food Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my 40th Annual Report giving particulars
of the measures carried out by my Department, during the year 1948, in administering
the various Acts and Bye-laws concerning Public Health, Housing, Petroleum etc,
in force within the district.
Bombing and the inability to secure labour and materials during the war years
has resulted in much property getting into a bad state consequently the enforcement
of remedial work was impracticable.
Availability of labour and materials although not so acute, is still a limiting
factor, A good deal of repair ";ork to property has however been carried out, as
the Ministry of Health has given a direction that all repairs required under
Statutory Notice from the local authority must receive priority where necessary.
As by far the largest part of an Inspector's work is the enforcement of various
Acts of Parliament concerning public health, it follows that the majority of the
work is as between the Inspector and the individual concerned. This being the case
it is obviously undesirable to report on many of these matters individually at the
time, but as a record of the work accomplished can only come to the knowledge of the
Council in a report such as this, the number of visits and work carried out is
tabulated at the end of the report.
The work of the department has been set out, as far as possible, under the
various Acts to which it relates.
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