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Closure of Schools.—No school has been closed by the local
authority during the year.
Infectious Diseases.—Scholars in contact with a case of
infectious disease are excluded from school, the period of the
exclusion being that set out in the memorandum of the County
School Medical Officer to the Surrey Education Committee. The
head teacher of the school concerned is always notified of this
exclusion and the reason for same.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of Mitcham
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried
out in the Borough by myself and the District Sanitary
Inspectors:—
Total number of visits paid 8304
Number of complaints received and investigated 330
Number of premises inspected 1534
Number of premises revisited 403
Number of houses measured for permitted numbers,
Housing Act, 1936 34
Number of nuisances discovered 378
Number of nuisances abated without reports 129
Number of nuisances abated after reports 58
Number of intimatory notices served 196
Visits to butchers and other food shops 142
Visits to factories 55
Visits to stables and piggeries 35
Visits to refuse dumps 10
Details of visits to other premises are enumerated in other
sections of the report.