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Slaughterhouses.
There is 1 slaughterhouse in the Borough. Nineteen inspections were made. No notices
were served.
Ice Cream Premises.
There were 139 premises where ice cream is manufactured on the Register at the end of 1911,
19 were removed during the year under report, making a total of 120. 117 inspections were made
and 11 notices served.
Hairdressers and Barbers.
At the end of 1912 eleven barbers were in possession of certificates.
Inspections.
In Table XII. of Appendix will be found particulars of the general sanitary work by the
District Inspectors during 1912, and in Table IX. the number of premises on the Registers to which
special attention has been paid.
The house-to-house inspections number 4,220. This is 2,145 above the total for the previous
year, and is an average of 528 per Inspector, against 259 in 1911.
4,592 intimation notices were served, compared with 3,403 and 1,160 statutories, against 909
previous year.
The following table shows the work done by the District Inspectors during the year : —
1
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
2
6
12
0
OutWorkers.
Bi-Annual Inspection.
Factories and
Workshops specially
Inspected.
Chimneys Watched.
House to House.
Special Inspections.
Infectious Diseases.
Drains Tested.
Re-inspections.
Other Calls and
Visits.
Offensive Trades.
Underground
Conveniences.
Complaints.
No.
No.
Ints.
No.
Ints.
No.
No.
Ints.
No.
No.
Ints.
No.
No.
No.
Ints.
Ints.
Ints.
Ints.
No.
No.
Mr. Grice
134
274
59
2707
463
1
1
531
276
176
35
358
203
138
30
22
10
2
33
-
142
173
40
56
13
9
78
11
13
136
673
12
„ Wood
552
321
344
75
336
-
3134
-
557
182
22
394
215
143
271
112
29
8
18
210
18
158
150
3220
394
6
1
„ Merry man
-
54
593
362
41
692
358
240
-
83
154
25
77
3317
850
2
2
„ Toogood
167
-
-
-
39
209
15
23
159
437
3
„ Freeman
557
323
205
90
361
213
236
55
31
14
1
3062
2
597
28
52
12
43
352
5
260
86
2256
22
3
„ Bartlett
129
18
4
245
139
174
-
331
85
174
428
279
29
276
142
169
45
10
7
4
142
3189
419
4
3
„ Pitts
135
-
-
2678
405
252
53
14
225
177
134
35
3
3
162
21
152
316
6
2
1
„ Cockburn
-
-
67
13
Totals
4220
2336
1313
431
2764
1486
11446
309
203
194
1
1384
132
1054
1125
23563
3573
52
In the above table it will be noticed that the number of house-to-house inspections is double
that of 1911. It was found that the method of measuring up all the sleeping accommodation of houses
visited entailed a very large amount of work and did not yield advantages commensurate with the
labour involved. It was therefore decided to stop all measuring except in special cases where overcrowding
was suspected or where houses were about to be reported for Closing Orders under the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, with the result that the Inspectors have been able to visit many more
houses and there is a prospect of them getting over the district in a reasonable time.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1912 was 916, compared with 843 in 1911, and
708 in 1910.
Results of Examination.
Total Examinations.
Positive.
Negative.
Nature of Specimen.
1911.
1912.
1911.
1912.
1911.
1912.
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health) ...
350
373
14
3
336
370
176
223
33
49
143
174
Ditto (taken by general practitioners)
526
47
444
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
52
479
596
291
57
Phthisis
303
56
234
247
14
12
2
2
12
10
Enteric
3
Various
12
5
2
10
2
108
703
Total specimens taken
843
916
113
735