[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1916
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![* SANITARY INSPECTOR’S REPORT, 1916. » To the Chairman and Members of the Health and Sanitary Committee. Madam and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in submitting for your information my Annual Report for 1916, which, under the continued War con- ditions, is on]y a brief outline of the work done. The work of the department has been maintained as far as possible, but owing to the decreased staff the house to house inspection under the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909, has had to be discontinued, only 23 such inspections having been made during the year. t General Sanitary Work During the past year 1,335 In- formal Notices were served upon the ownefs of property in respect of nuisances existing thereon, and in very many cases the nuisances were abated without further action being neces- sary. The remaining cases where the notices were not complied I with were included in my monthly reports submitted to you. Upon your instructions 610 Statutory Notices for the abatement ol nuisances were served during the year, including 64 notices for the substitution of Water Closets and Ashbins in place of the old type of privies and ashpits. , The following is a summary of the various headings under which such Statutory Notices were served; —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149009_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
