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Annual Report of the Chief Sanitary
Inspector.
To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of East Ham.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my eighteenth Annual
Report of the work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year ended 31st December, 1913.
INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH AND ABATEMENT OF
NUISANCES.
The total number of primary inspections made during the year
under consideration was 5,627, as compared with 6,568 for the
previous year 1912. It will be observed there is a decrease of
941 in the number of inspections made. This is accounted for by
the fact that during the year 1912 there was a low notification rate,
and reference to the Medical Officer of Health's report will reveal
that there has been a considerable increase in the number of
infectious cases, which occupies a large portion of the Inspectors'
time in investigating, and leaving less time to be devoted to house
to house inspection. It will be noticed that the decrease in the
number of inspections is greater than the increase of infectious
cases, but it is obvious that to inspect infected houses scattered
over a large area occupies a greater time than inspecting a row
of houses adjoining each other.
The inspections include house to house inspections, visits to
premises upon complaint of nuisance, inspection of markets, workshops,
slaughterhouses, bakehouses, cowsheds, dairies, etc.
The health of the Borough is the first consideration of the
inspectorial staff, who perform this work with one object in view
—that the Borough may maintain its good record of being a
healthy district.