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Ilford 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Public Health Department,
Council Offices,
Ilford.
21st April, 1914..
To the Chairman and, Members of the
ILFORD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Gentlemen,
1 beg to present to vou my Annual Report of the year
ended 31st December, 1913.
This is the twenty.first Annual Report I have had the
honour of making.
A tabulated summary of the various inspections made
and nuisances dealt with follows:—
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT AND THE
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.
Summary of visits as recorded during the year 1913:—
Houses and premises inspected2696
Do. do. re.inspected (works in
progress)5370
Visits during disinfection 1137
Houses in which nuisances were detected 766
Do. do. abated 861*
Notices served 650
Do. complied with 742*
Houses disinfected 426
Articles do 3908
*These figures include nuisances and notices respectively
which were outstanding at the end of 1912.
Articles of food condemned and destroyed:—
2 boxes of bloaters; 8 lbs. of eels; 2 boxes of kippers; 2
ox livers (about 20 lbs.); 2 hindquarters of beef (4cwt.); 1
sheep's head; 7 geese.