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General Sanitary Work.
In the Sanitary Inspectors' Report Table will be seen the amount of work done
by each Inspector and the nature thereof.
26,025 houses were inspected during the year, 11,498 being the result of houseto-house
inspection.
18,967 notices were served during the year for the abatement of various
nuisances. In addition to these notices numerous letters were written to the owners
urging them to proceed with the necessary work without further delay.
214 summonses were taken out at the Thames and Worship Street Police
Courts.
89 were for offences under the Food and Drugs Act, 117 under the Public
Health (London) Act and the bye-laws relating thereto, 3 under the Dairies and
Cowsheds Order, and 1 under the London County Council General Powers Bill,
1902; 5 were for having unsound food for sale. Of these, 4 only were dismissed,
but costs were not allowed to defendants in a single case.
3,715 houses and 401 workshops were cleansed as a result of notices served on
the owners.
7,788 drains were tested and 4,245 were either constructed or re-constructed,
cleansed or trapped.
425 new soilpipes were fixed.
6,375 water-closets were either renewed, cleansed or repaired as the result of
notices served,
1,571 sanitary dust receptacles, 40 manure receptacles were provided, and 816
offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling-houses.
100 smoke nuisances were abated, and in 6 cases Police Court proceedings had
to be taken against the persons causing the nuisance.
1,422 nuisances arising from overcrowding were abated. 1,343 occurring in
dwellings and 79 in workshops. The nuisance was abated after the service of the
statutory notice in all cases with the exception of 22, when Police Court proceedings
had to be taken.