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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR
FOR THE YEAR 1950.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
of the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present for your consideration
the Annual Report on the work of your sanitary inspectors
for the year 1950
It is the thirty-second such Report I have been
privileged to submit to your Corporation,, It is very
brief in character and does little more than outline facts.
The Report is divided into three parts - Sanitary Circumstances;
Housing Inspection and Supervision of Pood.
In the first part of the Report particular mention is
made of Atmospheric Pollution and Rodent and Insect Pest
Control.
A special report upon Atmospheric Pollution was submitted
to your Corporation in November, 1950. This report
covered the period from June 1949 to June 1950 at which
latter date two further standard deposit gauges were
installed in the borough. The report was comprehensive in
character^ but in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, it
has not been included in this annual statement. Data which
will be provided by observations to be made during the next
few years will prove valuable, but at this stage conclusions
cannot be formed with any close accuracy.
The need for a complete housing survey and the subsequent
demolition of worn-out cottages,, with the construction
of new units as collateral activity is referred to in the
Housing Section. A tour of urbanised rural areas in
proximity to large towns, and of other parts of this country,
reveals the rapid increase in the number of caravan dwellings.
Kingston, however, has no available camping sites for large
groups of caravans, otherwise the position would be
different. There are a few caravans stationed in the town9 but
these temporary homes are not a satisfactory substitute for
permanent housing units.
In the third section the supervision of the food supply
is briefly reviewed and attention is directed to the small
quantity of food condemned as the result of disease compared
with the amount which is rendered unfit for consumption by
reason of spoilage or decomposition - much of which is
avoidable.
I trust this Report will prove of interest to your
Corporation and others who may read it.
Yours faithfully,
HAROLD T. PERRY.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Guildhall,
Kingston-upon-Thames.
Septembe r, 1951-