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Borough of Wimbledon.
Sanitary Department.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SANITARY INSPECTOR
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1926.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report of the work carried
out in my Department for the year ended 31st December.
1926. Table III. gives a summary in detail of the various
nuisances abated and sanitary improvements effected.
Notices Served.—One thousand and nine Preliminary
Notices or intimations were served during the year in respect
of 1,128 houses. It was found necessary to serve 158 Statutory
Notices upon the owners or occupiers of 172 houses.
486 letters, respecting 554 houses, were received
through the Town Clerk's Department, and answered, en- •
quiring if any sanitary notices were outstanding with respect
to properties for which negotiations for sale were in progress.
Opening Up of Drains under Section 41 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, and Amending Acts.—As a result of the
application of the smoke or chemical tests, it was found necessary
to exercise the powers with respect to the opening up
of ground and exposing of drains granted to the Local Authority
by this Section at one house, authority first having
been obtained from the Council and due written notice given
to the occupier. The conditions found were duly reported
to the Public Health Committee, and notice served on their
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