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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
(a) Complaints of Nuisances.—During the year 1906 there
were 1,968 complaints of nuisances received. Most of these, on
investigation, were found to be due to some cause removable under
the above Act. These complaints were investigated and dealt with
by the respective Sanitary Inspectors of the various districts.
(b) Infectious Disease.—There were 1,743 occupied dwellings
inspected during the year in which notifiable infectious disease had
occurred. Any nuisances discovered, although not necessarily
related in the way of cause to the disease, were immediately brought
to the notice of those persons responsible for their abatement.
(c) House to House Inspections.—The inspections made
during the year under this head numbered 1,325. This is an
increase of 371 over the number in 1905, the inspections during this
latter year having been 954. The largest number of inspections
were made in the following localities, viz.: London Fields 186;
Homerton 485; Kingsland 142; and in the High Hill Ferry District
125. These inspections were independent of inspections made in
consequence of complaints or the occurrence of infectious disease.
The nuisances found on inspection were abated in the majority
of cases on the service of an Intimation Notice alone; 303 were
abated on the service of both Intimation and Statutory Notices, and
30 required the issue of a summons to appear before a Court of
Summary Jurisdiction before the nuisance was abated. The result
of the prosecutions is given in the appendix to this report.
The following details refer to the house-to-house inspections
made during the year by the special Inspectors appointed for this
purpose.