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Primary
Inspections.
The total just referred to is made up of 1,415
House-to-house Inspections, 1,533 Investigations of
Complaints, and 1,288 Inspections in respect of
Infectious Diseases.
Inspection of
Workplaces.
As regards the supervision of places where work is
performed, no less than 4,961 inspections were made.
These were :—To factories and workshops, 2,'218, to
Outworkers and in connection with various home
industries, 2,843. It is probably safe to add that the
supervision now being exercised in connection with the
workplaces in this Borough is much above the average.
Inspection of
Trade Premises.
In connection with the inspection of Trade
Premises, viz.:—Slaughter-houses, Cow-houses and the
Offensive Trades, a total of 1,111 visits were made,
whilst 561 inspections were made to the several Dairies
and Milkshops.
Ice-cream
Shops.
The places where Ice-cream is manufactured or
sold were kept under observation, and 172 visits, mainly
during the summer months, were made at different
times.
Tenement
Houses.
The tenement houses now on the register, num—
bering 528, varied during the year, but to these a total
of 1,033 visits were made.
Food and
Drugs Samples.
Under the provisions of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, 665 samples of food and drugs were taken
and submitted to the Public Analyst for examination
and report. It is so far satisfactory to be able to add
that the average of adulterated samples is again' low,
being 9 per cent, for the year, as against ll-66 per cent,
for the decennial period 1902-1911.