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House Inspection.- Either as the result of inspections
made on complaint, in consequence of the occurrence of infectious
disease, requests by occupiers and other general inspections,
835 houses were visited. Table V. shows a list of
sanitary works executed at these houses, together with defects
remedied during house to house inspection.
Overcrowding.— Many houses formerly occupied by one
family are now occupied by two or more families, and a considerable
number of cases of overcrowding exist, but owing
to the total cessation of the erection of dwelling houses it
was impossible to take any steps other than the better distribution
of the occupants in the respective rooms.
Houses Let in Lodgings.— There are 67 of these houses
on the Register, and 429 visits of inspection were made during
the year.
Verminous Rooms.— This matter has continued to receive
the attention of the department, during the year 36 rooms
having been dealt with. As previously, the necessary notices
were served upon the person responsible, whether occupier or
owner. Every assistance has been given to those who were
anxious to free their premises from vermin, and fumigants
have been supplied at cost price, or fumigation carried out
by the disinfector at the owner's expense after the walls had
been stripped, as required.
Common Lodging Houses.— There are only two Common
Lodging Houses in the district, via., Nos. 42 and 188, High
Street, South Wimbledon, for which Annual Certificates of
Registration were granted from 1st January to 31st December,
1920. Inspections of these premises have been made from
time to time at irregular intervals, and I am pleased to report
that all the provisions of the Bye-laws were rigidly observed.
Van Dwellings.— At irregular intervals throughout the
year inspections were made of the vans occupied as dwellings.
With one or two exceptions these dwellings have been found
clean and well-kept, and the provisions of the Bye-laws relating
to tents, vans and sheds complied with. In most instances
a verbal warning was sufficient to obtain compliance.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.— Six applications were
received during the year from persons desirous of being registered
under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders.
Periodical inspections have been made of all the premises
of dairymen and purveyors of milk in the district, during
which five matters were discovered which required to be dealt
with by the Department.
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