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24 Sanitary Administation.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR 1917.
1 302 House-to-house Inspections have been made as compared
with 2,565 in 1916, and 2,007 various other visits as compared with
1,140. 68 Preliminary Notices dealing with 174 Nuisances were
served during the year 1917 and three Statutory Notices. Special
attention has been paid to Hampton Square and West Road and
other localities of the poorer class. It is a singular fact that not
one case of Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria has occurred in Hampton
Square, West Road, or Lodge Avenue, and only two cases of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. It has been a difficult matter to get the
landlords to do sufficient cleansing work, but the shortage of
labour has made it a difficult task. Two houses in Mortlake have
been voluntarily closed on notice being served as to their unfitness
for human habitation. There are 12 Bake-houses in the district,
and they have been inspected quarterly and found generally to be
well kept. Dairies and places where Milk is sold number 36, and
have also been inspected quarterly. There are 24 Butchers' Shops
and 12 Fishmongers in the district, and 72 visits have been made
to the former and 28 to the latter. Two boxes of fish were
condemned. The number of Factories is 18, and 40 visits made.
The number of Workshops is 144, and 183 visits paid to same.
There are four Munition Works in the district. The Beverley
Works comprise five firms, employing in the aggregate 380 men
and 245 women. The Anglo-Belgian Manufacturing Co. employing
17 men and 33 women.
The Miralite, Ltd., Aluminium Works employ 36 men and 28
women, and the Mortlake Aircraft Co. which employ 53 men and
30 women.
The outdoor inspections, drain testing, and disinfections, have
since July, 1917, been carried out by one Inspector.