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SANITARY CONDITIONS.
The main items in the work of the Sanitary Inspectors,
apart from food, which is separately
reported, during the year were:
Visits to houses arising from:
Notifiable infectious diseases 679
Non-notifiable diseases 36
Complaints as to sanitary conditions
4,267
Food poisoning 7
Inspections of:
Factories 1,802
Milkshops 233
Other food premises 985
Outworkers' houses 201
Tenement houses 45
Common Lodging houses 3
Drainage work 3,316
Smoke observations 1
Enquiries with regard to Housing 1,432
Other inspections and special work 4,096
Re-inspections 12,944
Total 30,047
Nuisances were abated at 2,856 premises, as compared
with 1,906 in 1947. The clerical staff prepared
3,755 Preliminary notices and 1,553 Nuisance notices.
In addition 2,466 letters were sent out by the Department
in connection with insanitary conditions and
1,008 in connection with housing applications.