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Section. Date of adoption.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885:—
13 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 3rd July, 1885
Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act, 1909:—
17 (7) Underground Rooms 9th Feb., 1911
Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, has
been applied to Zymotic Enteritis.
Staff. The Sanitary Staff consists of one Chief Inspector,
seven District Inspectors, one Food and Drugs Inspector, one
Woman Inspector, two part-time Health Visitors and Sanitary
Inspectors, and one Inspector who is entirely engaged on
Housing Survey work and on special investigations. In May,
1924, one of the Sanitary Inspectors, Mr. A. G. Potter, was
certified to be unable to follow his employment by reason of
permanent infirmity of body, and the Council resolved to
superannuate him. Mr. Potter was appointed by the Plumstead
Vestry in 1898, and had thus completed 25 years'
service, during which period he carried out the duties assigned
to him in a methodical, efficient and careful manner. At
the end of the year the appointment had not been filled.
Complaints. The number of complaints entered in the
Complaint Book during the year was 1,624, compared with
1,718 last year. The complaints are mostly from the occupiers
of houses and deal with alleged nuisances. These complaints
are investigated by the District Inspectors, who, when the
circumstances justify, serve the necessary notices required
for the abatement of the nuisances. Thirty-two of the
complaints related to the non-removal of household refuse—
6 in Woolwich, 19 in Plumstead, and 7 in Eltham.