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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH
SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING
THE YEAR 1952.
Number of complaints received during the year:- 1,140
INSPECTIONS AND REVISITS:
DWELLINGS
Houses inspected after complaints 4,598
Houses inspected after Infectious Disease 773
House-to-House inspections 2,159
Underground Rooms 230
Overcrowding and "Permitted Numbers" 283
Visits to obtain information re Housing Applications 85
Inspection of Council flats for vermin 107
Other visits 12 8,297
FOOD PREMISES:
Butchers 169
Horseflesh Dealers 1
Fishmongers and Fish Friers 56
General Provision Shops, including Delicatessen Shops 208
Dairies and General Stores selling Milk 70
Ice Cream Vendors (Premises, Stalls, Vehicles etc) 126
Ice Cream Manufacturers 301
Bakehouses and Underground Bakehouses 58
Street Stalls and Barrows 51
Food Delivery Vehicles 5
Food Factories (Mechanical) other than Bakehouses 47
Food Factories (Non-mechanical) other than Bakehouses 36
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Rooms 676
Premises in connection with Unsound Food 793
Premises in connection with Sampling 234
Other Food Premises 163 2,994
FACTORIES AND OUTWORKERS:
Factories - other than Food Factories (Mechanical) 273
Factories - other than Food Factories (Non-mechanical) 173
Outworkers 77
Other visits (not classified) 2 525
DRAINAGE:
Drains tested - by water 218
Drains tested - by smoke 202
Drains tested - by air 75
Final tests after repair or reconstruction 96
Drains traced by colour 125 716
Carried forward: 12,532