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ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE SANITARY INSPECTOR,
1920.
Public Health Department,
Council Offices, Southall.
To the Chairman and Members of the Southall-Norwood, Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report dealing
with the inspection of your District and other work connected with
the Public Health Department, during the year 1920.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
Inspection of the District has been carried out during the
year both systematically and at intervals as occasion required;
in order to comply with the General Orders of the Ministry of Health,
the Public Health Acts, and Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, and Housing (Town Planning) Acts, 1909-1919, all
necessary measures have been taken to secure the immediate abatement
of any nuisances which were found to exist.
The general sanitary condition of the district is good.
Four-hundred-and-seven dwelling-houses have been cleansed,
repaired and restored to a satisfactory condition as applying to
their fitness in every way for human habitation. Notably among
the particulars of the report the mortality rate (8.2 per 1,000) for
a thickly populated industrial district stands out pre-eminently.