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WATER SUPPLY.
The Meteorological Table for London, deduced from observations at Greenwich
under the Astronomer Royal, issued by the Registrar-General for 1924, shows that
the rainfall for the year amounted to 30.769 inches, which is 7.204 inches above the
average extending over the 35 years 1881 to 1915. July was the wettest and March
the driest month of the year.
In accordance with section 49 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
communications were received from the Metropolitan Water Board as to water
supplies being cut off in respect to 61 premises, all of them in the Northern District.
The grounds for withdrawing the supplies were:—On account of defective water
pipes in 7 instances, waste on occupied premises 2, waste on empty premises 10, by
request of the consumer in 9 instances, on account of non-payment of rates in 2, and
premises demolished in 31 instances.
No complaints were received as to the quality of the water, nor was there any
reason for suspecting the occurrence of any illness due to consumption of the water.
SANITARY WORK.
Intimations as to insanitary conditions were served in respect to 6,224 premises.
In 621 instances they were dealt with by Inspector Wright, in 673 by Inspector
Chapman, 515 Inspector Sickelmore, 586 Inspector Thomas, 422 Inspector Shaw,
637 Inspector Molloy, 706 Inspector Bishop, 420 Inspector Girling, 529 Inspector
Stratton, 531 Inspector Grant and 584 under the supervision of Inspector Walker.
In connection with the work of the Sanitary Inspectors 1,614 letters were written
to owners and others concerned.
Some 52,022 visits of inspection were made by the Inspectors in connection with
some 11,683 premises, which included 9,442 dwellings, 1,447 workshops, besides
factories, laundries, bakehouses, cowsheds and milk vendors' premises, ice cream
shops, slaughterhouses, places where food is prepared and sold, and other premises.
Some 1,008 visits of inspection made in connection with the street markets, food
exposed for sale, stables and stable yards, are included in the total given above.
The inspection of 3,279 of the dwellings was the result of a house-to-house visitation
which was in progress during the year by order of the Sanitary Authority.
A special note may be made as to the reconstruction of the drainage system at
St. Leonard's Hospital and Institution. This was carried out in accordance with
plans submitted by the Architect, Mr. Danby Smith, F.R.I.B.A. the work being
supervised on behalf of the Sanitary Authority by Inspector Bishop. Approximately
1,500 yards of drains, mostly iron 4 to 12 inch diameter, were laid, and in connection