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REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR, 1914.
The work of the Sanitary Staff comprises the general and
systematic inspection of the district, under the housing of the
working classes acts, house drainage, water supply, infectious
diseases and disinfections; the factory and workshops acts, dairies
and milkshops, slaughter houses, fish shops; the petroleum acts
and general matters.
The death-rate, as a rule, should reflect on the sanitary
condition of a district, and there is no reason to show that the
systematic inspections and carrying out of the public health
statutes in this district have not met with success.
The very small number of statutory notices served for the past
year show that little trouble was experienced in persuading landlords
to remedy sanitary defects. At the same time the inspector
is confronted with a difficult problem in many cases. One would
like to see some houses more up-to-date, but if too much is
insisted on beyond that which can be done under the statutory
powers up goes the rent, which is a serious consideration. Special
attention has been paid to Hampton Square and West Road,
Mortlake, as a number of the houses are occupied by members of