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51
ANNUAL REPORT OF SENIOR SANITARY INSPECTOR.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of
Mitcham.
Miss Wilson and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my seventeenth annual summary of the work
carried out in this district during the year 1932 by myself and
Inspectors P. D. O'Grady, J. C. Howard (7 months) and A. W.
Lock (4 months).
Total number of visits paid 8804
Number of complaints received and investigated 350
Number of premises inspected 3026
Number of premises revisited 3609
Number of nuisances discovered 927
Number of nuisances abated without report 654
Number of nuisances abated after report 164
Number of intimatory notices served 591
Number of statutory notices served 151
Notices followed by legal proceedings 1
Number of revisits to infected houses or houses of
smallpox contacts 95
Number of house drains tested 6
Number of drains found defective 3
Number of tests applied to new drainwork 3
Character of Work Done.
Houses repaired and cleansed generally 333
Overcrowding cases abated 41
Roofs repaired 137
Damp walls remedied 36
Eaves guttering and spouting renewed or repaired 86
Water closets renewed, repaired or cleaned 59
Water closet flushing cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired 96
Water cisterns cleansed or covered 8
Water supply to houses reinstated 4
Back yards paved or paving repaired 44
Floors repaired 59
Pustbins provided 207