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45 cases of overcrowding were abated and 2 sheds occupied as dwellings
were discontinued from being used as such.
Water supply to houses was reinstated in 112 instances.
1,501 yards were cleansed, paved or repaired; 8 areas and stables were
paved and drained; and 184 washhouses and forecourts were paved.
There were 38 nuisances under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
with respect to the keeping of animals, and these were abated.
7 nuisances with respect to open fires in yards were remedied.
Notices were served to provide 2,229 sanitary dust receptacles, and
13 manure receptacles were provided or re-constructed. 369 offensive
accumulations were removed.
97 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
8 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
19 urinals were fixed.
19 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
405 visits were made to bakehouses, and 265 cleansings were carried out.
7,789 notices were served to have houses or parts thereof cleansed.
141 sink, bath, lavatory, or rain-water pipes, which were communicating
directly with the drain, were disconnected.
16,331 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc., were carried out
as the result of notices served.
27 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the
damp walls of 1,242 rooms were remedied.
732 verminous premises were cleansed.
4,856 written complaints were made which were duly investigated and
dealt with where necessary—433 were from H.M. Inspector of Factories
relating to workshops, 1618 from the L.C.C. respecting verminous school
children, and 2,805 related to the condition of houses, etc.
I beg to express my indebtedness to all the members of my staff for the
manner in which they have assisted me in carrying out the duties of my office.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
D. L. THOMAS,
Medical Officer of Health and Administrative
Tuberculosis Officer.