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Annual Report of the Chief Sanitary
and Food Inspector.
To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen and Councillors of the
County Borough of East Ham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my twenty-fifth Annual
Report on the work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year ended 31st December, 1920.
The total number of inspections made during the year under
consideration was 8,041. These include visits to premises upon
complaints of nuisance, inspections of markets, workshops,
slaughterhouses, bakehouses, cowsheds, dairies, etc.
There have been 24,675 nuisances discovered, comprising
choked and defective drains, leaky roofs, defective sanitary
appliances, animals improperly kept, etc.
In obtaining abatement of the aforesaid nuisances, the
following Notices were served :—
Preliminary 6,531
Statutory 1,062
Dust Bin 953
Water 15
making a total of 8,561 Notices.
During the year 2,561 complaints were received, as follows:—
Beckton and North Woolwich Ward 327
Central Ward—East 437
Central Ward—West 506
Manor Park Ward 653
Plashet Ward—East 326
Plashet Ward—West 312
The complaints referred principally to defective drainage and
appurtenances to the drains proper.