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SECTION C
Sanitary circumstances of the Area
The tables on pages 70 to 72 summarise, as far as possible,
the sanitary work of the Department; from these it will be seen
that a total of 13,235 houses and premises have been inspected or
re-inspected during the year; 821 intimation notices and 168
statutory notices were served.
Registered complaints, numbering 1,299 show an increase of
131 over those of the previous year, a total still greatly in excess of
the pre-war average of 700.
Factories Acts, 1937/48. Under these Acts the principal
functions are administered by the Ministry of Labour and National
Service through H.M. Factory Inspectors. The Sanitary Authority
is charged with the duty of enforcing the legislation as to sanitary
accommodation in all factories in its area and in those factories
where mechanical power is not used, the following :—
Cleanliness
Ventilation
Overcrowding
Drainage of floors
All factories must have an adequate supply of drinking water
from a public main or some other source approved in writing by the
Council.
During the year 327 inspections were made by the Council's
Inspectors in relation to the 391 registered factories. The latter
figure includes 67 premises where mechanical power is not used.
Defects were found in 29 instances, all of which were remedied.