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Sanitary Department,
Deecmber 31 st, 1896.
To the Medical Officer of Health, Bow District.
Sir,—
I beg to lay before you my seventh Annual Summary of the
Sanitary work carried out in my Division during the year ending
December 31st, 1896, as follows :—
Inspections on complaints of nuisances 1016
Do. on notifications of infectious diseases 371
Do. on house-to-house visitation 127
Re-inspections 4532
Making a total of 6046 visits.
Details and results of such inspections from time to time have been
entered in the book kept for that purpose, as prescribed by the
"Public Health (London) Act," 1891.
Of the total number (1514 houses and other premises) of primary
inspections made, I found that 77.88 per cent. of the premises
thus inspected various works of sanitary amendment—requiring the
service of 1178 intimations and 612 notices—were needed to be
carried out. In many of these cases the required works were executed
by the respective persons liable, on the service of the usual written
intimations which in all cases precedes the service of statutory notices ;
but in 32 cases it was found necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings,
necessitating 34 attendances at the police-court to ensure
their enforcement ; and in 3 of these latter cases the needed works
were not completed until Magistrates' orders for their execution had
been obtained, under the provisions of the " Public Health (London)
Act, 1891." In one other case a Magistrate's order not having been
complied with, an additional summons was obtained and its enforcement
secured thereby. In 21 cases the works were completed upon