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IV.— SANITARY WORK.
DISTRICT INSPECTORS.
It will be seen from reference to the portion of this Report dealing with
Staff, that there was much sickness amongst the Sanitary Inspectors during
the year. Altogether the time lost from this cause amounted, amongst the
District Inspectors, to approximately 138 weeks, or 28 per cent of the total
working time that should normally be available for this work. In consequence
less Sanitary work was done than during the preceding year.
In order to deal with urgent matters as they arose, it was necessary to
abandon to some extent the usual practice under which each District Inspector
confines himself to his own district, and to arrange for Inspectors of adjoining
districts to be responsible for matters arising on those of Officers who were
not on duty. For this reason the work of the Inspectors is classified according
to districts and not, as is usual, under the names of the individual
Inspectors.

In connection with the Inspectors' Sanitary work, some 1,096 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 670 instances.
For non-compliance with the requirements of the Sanitary Authority,
proceedings were taken before the Magistrates in 16 instances. A list of
Legal Proceedings will be found on pages 75 and 76.
1 he following tables (pages 52 and 53), prepared by the Senior Sanitary
Inspector, summarize the visits and work of the Sanitary Inspectors during
1932. The work done in compliance with the provisions of the Factory and
SHOREuircH Public Libraries.