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Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Sanitary Inspection.
The following statements contain particulars required to be submitted
under Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926,
and affords some indication of the work performed by the Sanitary
Inspectors. These Inspectors attend at the Offices of the Department
from 9 to 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of being interviewed by builders
and others, and for keeping their Official Diaries and Records, etc.
Total number of Inspections of all kinds during the year, 4,035.
Re-inspections, other visits and re-visits, 12,863.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects,
1,102.
Total number found not in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation, 661.
The inspections were occasioned by various causes, e.g., 714 complaints
received; special inspections, registration and inspection of
Tenement Houses; examinations after occurrence of infectious
disease; sanitary work, voluntary or otherwise, in progress.
The total number of Notices served during the year was as
follows:—
(1) Informal {i.e., intimations), 1,039; (2) Statutory, 497.

Note.—The Senior of the Inspectors is the Sampling Officer under the Food and Drugs
(Adulteration) Act, 1928.