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I am of opinion that it would greatly conduce to the improvement of the health of children
and prevent many of the diseases to which the adult is subject if dental caries in its early beginnings
were dealt with in children both under school age and during school life and I would strongly advise
the Education Committee to make provision so as to enable all school children to reap benefit from
dental inspection.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer.
To be presented to the Children's Care Committee.
16/1/24.
APPENDIX D.
To Chairman and Members of Health Committee.
INSANITARY DWELLING-HOUSES.
An examination of dwelling-houses inspected on Complaint, or under the Rent and Mortgage
Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920, and 1923, or under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, shews that the following defects commonly exist thereon:—
List of Common Defects.
Paving to Yards.—* Absence of, broken or defective, causing pools to accumulate *or dampness
of walls.
Paving to Forecourts.—Absence of, broken or defective, causing pools to accumulate *or dampness
of walls.
(Note.—These defects relative to paving may be dealt with under Bye-law 66
of the Council's Building Bye-laws, but only if a nuisance exists. They may also be
dealt with under Sect. 25 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, which
does not require proof of nuisance. This Section has not been adopted in Willesden.)
*Site.—Not treated so as to secure effectual protection against dampness, effluvia or exhalation.
(Note.—This can be dealt with in respect of underground rooms used for sleeping
under the Council's Regulations relative thereto.)
Roofs.—Tiles or slates loose or broken ; flashings, defective or perished ; eaves, gutters or rain
water pipes defective or broken.
Walls.—Defective pointing allowing damp to strike through; defective external plaster peeling
off in patches or allowing wet to accumulate at the back of the plaster; damp-proof course
cracked, perished, or otherwise become ineffective ; ground banked up above the level
of the damp-proof course, causing dampness in the walls ;
(Note.—This defect can be dealt with under the Willesden District Council Act,
1903, Sect. 16 (c).)
defective internal plaster, badly cracked or breaking off in patches or soft; dirty or loose
wall papers.
Ceilings.—Plaster badly cracked, loose, falling off in patches, or dirty or sodden with filth.
Floors.—Broken, cracked, too thin to be safe or so rough as to be very difficult to keep clean;
*ventilation under—insufficient; *absence of, or broken or defective paved floors ; defective
hearths or ash holes.
Stairs.—Broken treads or risers, or broken handrails or balusters ; want of handrail or balusters.
Windows.—Perished or rotted frames or sashes ; broken hinges, cords or window fasteners,
*lighting insufficient.
Doors.—Doors so swollen or warped that they will not shut properly ; broken hinges or fasteners.
Ventilators or fines.—Stopped up or broken.
Cupboards.—Insufficient or defective.
Grates, Stoves or Ranges.—Broken, badly set or wanting setting ; ovens, boilers or hot plates
cracked; fire-bars missing.
*Drains, including Soil-pipes.—Choked, defective, leaking or not effectually trapped.
* Waste-pipes to Sinks, Baths, or Lavatory Basins.—-Choked, defective or untrapped.
*Coppers for Domestic Washing.—Absence, of, defective or otherwise unusable.
* Water Supply.—Absence of, or dirty storage cistern.
(Note.—Absence of water supply but not a dirty storage cistern can be dealt
with under Sect. 31 of the Willesden District Council Act, 1903.)