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It will be seen that the Sanitary staff carries out its duties
on a scale of yearly increasing magnitude. The Sanitary operations
detailed in Table VIII; the duties of inspection under
the Food and Drugs Acts; the inspection of new house drains ;
the supervision of urinal and other Sanitary accommodation and
the duties imposed by the Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act
have been performed in an efficient manner in addition to those
undertaken by them at time of the separation of the parish
from the Wandsworth District Board, by its transference to
Schedule A of the Metropolis Local Management Act.
The performance of these duties has, of course, fallen
mainly upon Chief Inspector Richards, whose energy and
devotion to the work of his office are above all praise, and I
have again to record my entire approbation of his conduct.
His assistants, Messrs. Freeman and Poole have afforded him
great assistance and have got through a large amount of useful,
but not always very pleasant, work to my satisfaction.
The great professional experience of Mr. Pilditch, the
Surveyor, has always been freely placed at my disposal, and I
have to thank him for much valuable assistance during the year
under report.
Mr. Byworth, the Vestry Clerk, has, in spite of his
numerous and onerous duties, rendered me valuable aid by his
profound knowledge of the necessary procedure in Sanitary
work, and with great ability and energy given me much highly
appreciated help on numerous occasions.
To the Members of the Vestry, and more especially to those
constituting the Sanitary Committee, I may once more be
permitted to express my sincere gratitude for the uniform
support which has been extended to me ; which has enabled me
to perform the duties with which I have been entrusted, the
preservation of the health and the lives of the inhabitants of
East Battersea; with the satisfactory results recorded in the
preceding pages.
W. H. KEMPSTER, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for East Battersea.