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Overcrowding.
10,031 inspections were made for the purpose of detecting overcrowding,
but only 5G dwellings were found to be overcrowded.
No Police Court proceedings were taken for the abatement of overcrowding.
Water Supply.
Water supply cut off. In accordance with the requirements of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, the Metropolitan Water Board reported that the
water had been cut off in 174 premises. The reason for discontinuing the
water supply was the non-payment of the rate. The water supplies have
been reinstated.
Cisterns. In most of the houses water for drinking purposes is drawn
from the main, but there are many houses in which the supplies are obtained
from cisterns. Their situation and accessibility are often far from being
satisfactory, and the majority of them are not cleansed as often as they
should be.
Notices were served during the year in regard to defects and the necessity
for cleansing 107 cisterns.
Houses let in Lodgings.
Included under this heading are houses occupied by members of more
than one family, which have been registered by a resolution of the Council,
irrespective of the rents at which the houses are let.
No addition to the list of registered houses has been made during the
year. The number at the end of 1921 was 2,512.
All the houses were kept under supervision, irregular and systematic
inspections were made to them.
The number of inspections made was 4,028.
The number of notices served was 2,816.
General Sanitary Work.
43,269 inspections were made to houses.
68,159 re-visits were made by the Inspectors to supervise the abatement
of the nuisances found in 18,302 houses. 9,949 statutory notices were served.
130 summonses were taken under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
4,434 drains were tested with smoke, and 145 were re-tested; 1,724 drains
were either constructed or re-constructed, cleansed or repaired; 292 were
trapped.
143 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 776 new closet pans and
traps were fixed; 4,376 closets were either cleansed or repaired, or provided