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SECTION V.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Staff. This section of the Department is under the control
of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, who is assisted by nine male
Sanitary Inspectors, one woman Inspector and two parttime
woman Inspectors. In addition to the duties reported
on in this part of the report, all the male Sanitary Inspectors
are engaged in some way or other in the supervision of the
food supplies.
Complaints. In accordance with the provisions of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, a complaint book is kept
and all complaints, both written and oral, are recorded
therein ; inspections are then made and the necessary steps
taken to remedy any nuisances that may be found. During
the year 2,102 complaints were received, compared with
2,589 in 1927.
Water Closet Accommodation. Except in the outlying
parts of the Borough, where, as a temporary expedient, cesspools
or earth closets are in use, every house in the Borough
is connected with the water carriage system. The number
of cesspools regularly emptied by the Council was 12 in
Plumstead and 14 in Eltham.
Scavenging. Scavenging, which includes the storage,
removal and disposal of house refuse and trade refuse, is
under the control of the Works Department. With very
few exceptions all house refuse is deposited first of all in
moveable dustbins, which are emptied once a week, and, in
certain parts of the Borough, twice weekly. Electric vehicles
are used for the transport of the refuse from its source to the
Council's destructor at Plumstead. The refuse, before