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20
Sanitary Circumstances.
The following table sets out in summarised form the details
of the main work of the Department in relation to sanitation:—
Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1949.
Sanitary Operations.
Inspections—
New houses 228
House-to-house 46
Houses let in separate
tenements —
Houses—following
complaints 6,115
Houses—following
infectious disease 753
Gipsy vans —
Common Lodging
Houses 10
Public urinals and
chalets 78
Re-inspections 25,160
Other visits 2,666
Notices served—
Intimations 3,666
Statutory (Sec. 197
and 200) 279
Statutory (Fifth
Schedule) 178
Summonses issued 231
Magisterial Orders obtained
95
Drains laid to new
houses 228
Drains relaid (wholly
or partly) 30
Drains cleansed and
repaired 285
Drains tested (smoke) 115
Found defective 41
Drains tested (water) 503
Drainage plans received 102
Frontage drains constructed
or reconstructed
20
New houses — certificates
issued re water
supply 228
Houses supplied with
water and fittings
repaired 110
Additional water supplies
to tenement
houses 1
Water closets provided,
supplied with water,
or supply disconnected
from drinking
water cisterns 4
Water closets and urinals
cleansed and repaired 661
Drinking water cisterns
cleansed and repaired 94
Rain-water and waste
pipes disconnected or
repaired 330
Soil pipes and drains
ventilated 56
Defective roofs and
gutters repaired 1,286
Dustbins provided 172
Yards paved or repaired 283
Premises disinfected 1,161
Persons cleansed (including
2,773 children) 3,059
Articles disinfected 10,080
Rat repression—
Premises inspected 276
Inspections 2,814
Protection of Food Supply.
Inspections—
Butchers' and other
food shops 1,379
Slaughterhouses 49
Fish shops 226
Food storage
premises 163
Inspections—contd.
Dairies and
milk shops 333
Ice cream premises 272
Restaurant kitchens 511
Samples taken 1,200
Summonses issued 14