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In addition 6,988 abortive visits were made where access was not
obtained, 1322 Statutory Notices were served, and 1,038 were complied with
during the year.
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963
(1) Registration and Inspections
As in previous years, the routine programme of street by street inspections
was continued in 1969. As will be seen in the attached statistical
report, a total of 1,959 inspections of all kinds was made during
the year, and of this total 792 were general inspections.
The great majority of the other inspections were made to ensure that
necessary works requested by the Department had been completed in a satisfactory
manner.
The total number of registered premises decreased slightly over the
year and, likewise, the newly-registered premises dropped by 29 in number
from last year. Changes of occupation were the main reason for most of the
new registrations, which were discovered in the course of routine inspections
.
In this Authority, the Act is administered by a full-time Section
consisting of one Senior Public Health Inspector and one Public Health
Inspector. All offices and shops are dealt with by them, with the exception
of food premises, which are covered on their own particular districts by
each of the fourteen District Public Health Inspectors. Action is taken
by the Section about these food premises when,for any reason, it is
necessary, e.g. shortage of district staff or absence through illness.
Investigation of accidents is carried out by the Section in all types
of premises affected by the Act. A quite substantial amount of time is
spent on consultation with, and advice to, employers of staff and owners
of premises about various aspects of the Act and relevant Regulations;
and very many minor contraventions are dealt with satisfactorily following
verbal warnings during inspection.
(2) Operation, of the General Provision of the Act
Cleanliness
The majority of the contraventions under this heading concerned stairs,
passages, storerooms, and staffrooms of premises, and such contraventions
made up the largest group of notices served under the Act. There was an
increase of some 36 per cent. in the number of letters sent this year
compared with that in 1968. The total number of such notifications for
the current year was 145.
Overcrowding
No cases of overcrowding were discovered during the year.
Temperature
An increasing number of complaints were received regarding inadequate
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