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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
Public Health Department,
Clifden House,
Brentford,
15th Jan., 1909.
To the Chairman and Members of the Sanitary Committee.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my second Annual
Report, in which is recorded particulars of the work done in
connection with the Sanitary Inspection of the District during the
year 1908.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
During the year a systematic inspection of the district has been
made, in accordance with the General Orders of the Local Government
Board, and the nuisances discovered during such inspection
have been dealt with in the manner provided by the Public Health
Act and Bye-laws in force.
In all some 2,067 visits were paid to premises in connection
with the work of the department, and include visits to Dairies,
Cowsheds, Milkshops, Canal Boats, Common Lodging Houses,
ordinary inspections, visits to houses from which complaints of a
nuisance have been received, visits to works in progress, and to
houses in which cases of infectious disease have occurred.
COMPLAINTS.
Sixty-one complaints relating to nuisances in the district have
been received.
Each complaint was duly recorded in the Complaint Book, the
premises visited, and all necessary steps were taken in respect
thereof.