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IV.—SANITARY WORK.
The re-arrangement explained in the last Annual Report under which the
Borough was divided into ten sanitary districts, and duties under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts and other similar duties were allocated to two Inspectors was
continued during the year, which is thus the first complete year during which this
new arrangement has been in operation.
DISTRICT INSPECTORS.
The total number of Intimations served as to insanitary conditions was 5,126.
The number served by each Sanitary Inspector was as follows:—
Inspector Wright 525 Inspector Girling 611
„ Chapman 331 „ Stratton 407
„ Sickelmore 511 „ Walker 544
„ Thomas 385 „ Gibbs 524
„ Molloy 431 Tempy. Inspector Barlow 96
„ Bishop 669 „ „ Parkinson 92
In connection with the Inspectors' sanitary work, some 1,483 letters were written
to owners and others.
Statutory Notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were served
by order of the Sanitary Authority upon the parties responsible for the abatement
of nuisances in 1,016 instances.
For non-compliance with the requirements of the Sanitary Authority, proceedings
were taken before the Magistrates in 37 instances. A list of Legal Proceedings will
be found on pages 58, 59, 60 and 61.
The following tables (pages 40-41), prepared by the Senior Sanitary Inspector,
summarise the visits and work of the Sanitary Inspectors during 1930, the work
done in compliance with the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
and in connection with the drains and sanitary arrangements of new buildings is
included:-