View report page

61
effected, as in all cases where a house is inspected it is
endeavoured to place it in every respect in a thoroughly
sanitary condition. It will be noticed that a very We
amount of work has been done in connection with defective
drainage, no less than 662 houses having been re-drained
during the year.
Complaints received and attended to 1,160
Dwelling-houses inspected and reported on 2,430
Miscellaneous Inspection 1,540
Notices for Sanitary Improvements served:—
Intimation 1,950
Statutory Notices 940
House drains reconstructed in accordance
with the regulations of the Vestry 662
The appointment of an additional Inspector in June last
has enabled more work to be done than has hitherto been
possible, and a house-to-house inspection has been made of
some small portion of the district. But this has not been
done to the extent it should be, and it is not possible to do
it even with the increased staff. To properly carry out the
duties devolving upon them under the various Sanitary Acts,
it is necessary that the Vestry should appoint a fifth
Inspector, and even then there would be in Fulham only
one Inspector to every 23,000 inhabitants, as compared with
one to every 19,000 in London.
I trust, therefore, that the Vestry will recognise the
necessity of having a sanitary staff sufficiently strong to cope
with the requirements of this rapidly growing district.
In conclusion, I have again the pleasure of expressing
pay satisfaction with the manner in which the Sanitary Clerk
and the Sanitary Inspectors have performed their duties and
would remind the Vestry that the large amount of beneficial
work which has been accomplished is mainly due to the tact
and energy shown by their Inspectors.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
J. CHARLES JACKSON.
March 25th, 1896.