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Report of
the Sanitary Inspector.
To the Corporation of Kingston upon-Thames.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my seventh Annual
Report on the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the year 1925 in connection with the various Statutes
and Bye-laws relating to Public Health in force within the
Borough.
In submitting this Report I do so with a feeling of
satisfaction at the amount of work accomplished during
1925 and the improvement which has taken place in the
sanitary condition of the Borough during the last five years.
The total number of inspections during 1925 was 6,533
as compared with 5,956 during 1924.
On 672 premises sanitary defects to the number of
2,431 were discovered. In connection with these defects
534 "preliminary" and 68 "verbal" notices were issued.
In only 28 instances was it found necessary to serve
"statutory" notices.
During the year 1925 particulars relating to the inspection
of 672 premises were added to the records, whilst 668
entries were struck off the registers following upon the
completion of necessary works. On December 31st, 1925,
389 premises remained on the registers. In a number of
these cases, however, works were actually in progress and
instructions had been given for tEe execution of the works
in many other instances.
The number of inspections during 1925 is higher than
for the previous year. This increase is due to the greater
amount of time devoted to important duties such as
Slaughter House Inspection, Visits to Sanitary Works in
Progress, Infectious Disease Enquiries, etc. In each of
these branches of the work increased time was allotted
during 1925 compared with 1924,