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8.
The Annual Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of Mitcham.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I bog to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out in the
Borough by myself and the District Sanitary Inspectors:-
Number of complaints received and investigated 426
Number of premises inspected 1259
Number of premises revisited 585
Number of houses measured for permitted numbers, Housing Act, 1936 24
Number of nuisances discovered 348
Number of nuisances abated without reports 243
Number of nuisances abated after reports 26
Number of intimatory notices served 112
Visits to butchers and other food shops 127
Visits to factories 53
Visits to marine stores 9
Visits to stables 25
Visits to refuse dumps 20
Details of visits to other premises are enumerated in other sections of
the report.
Character of Work done to abate nuisances.
Roofs repaired 34
Rainwater gutters and piping repaired or renewed 14
Ventilation under floors provided or improved 5
Dampness to ground floor rooms remedied 15
Water service pipes repaired 8
Ventilation of watercloset compartments provided 1
Waterclosets: repairs to roof, walls, doors and seats 17
Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 21
Water storage cisterns cleansed or covered 14
Water supply to houses reinstated 6
Back yards and sculleries paved or repaired 5
Flooring of rooms repaired 7
Rooms cleansed and redecoated 135
Repairs to internal plastering of walls and ceilings 146
New scullery sinks provided 2
Repairs to sinks and waste pipes 20
Walls round sinks rendered 4
Window frames and sashes repaired 55
Windows made to open 10
Sashcords provided 16
Drains tested 8
Drains repaired and cleansed 143
New watercloset pans and traps provided 12
Repairs to firegrates 5
Repairs to washing coppers 3
New dustbins provided 43
Accumulations removed 17
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 187
Repairs to chimney eaves 4
All ponds and ditches in the Borough whore mosquito breeding was possible,
were sprayed with paraffin twice early in the year.
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928. - Seventy-four licences to store
petroleum and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling 119,320 gallons.
A licence was also issued for 8 cwt. of carbide of calcium to be stored.