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REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit an abbreviated Annual Report which
summarises the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the year ended December, 1943.
Housing Inspections. The total number of houses inspected
during the year for "sanitary defects" under the Public
Health and Housing Acts was 368. Action taken in connection
with defective dwelling houses is set out in the housing table
on pages 42 and 43.
Notices specifying the necessary work required to remedy
sanitary defects were served upon owners of properties as
follows:—
Intimation Notices 237
Statutory Notices 26
Housing Act, 1936 2
Eradication of Bed-Bugs. Seventeen houses were found
on inspection to be infested with bed-bugs, and are classified
as follows in accordance with the requirements of the
Ministry's Circular:—
Council Houses. Other Houses. Total.
4 13 17
Of the 17 houses infested, 16 were treated by spraying with
"Vermicine," and one by fumigation with sulphur-dioxide
together with the use of blow-lamps.
Drainage Work. At 13 houses the drainage systems were
entirely reconstructed and at 62 houses extensive repairs to
drains were carried out. Smoke and water tests were applied
to the drains of houses in 98 instances, and obstructions were
removed from drains at 134 houses.
Food Supply. The total number of inspections made to
premises where articles of food are prepared or exposed for
sale was 1,021. At 29 premises improvements in sanitary
conditions were effected.