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Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Sanitary Inspection.
The Council employs six male Sanitary Inspectors, and also one
woman Sanitary Inspector, part of whose time is devoted to the work
of a Health Visitor.
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.
Statement showing the number of premises inspected, etc., by
the Sanitary Inspectors during 1933 :—
Total number of inspections 4,153
Total number of re-inspcctions and other visits and
re-visits 11,233
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects 2,038
Number of these found not in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 1,135
The inspections were occasioned by various causes, e.g., complaints
received; special inspections, registration and inspection of
tenement houses; examination of premises after the 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), 1,092 relating to 972 premises.
(2) Statutory 183 relating to 131 premises.
Investigation of Complaints, Inspection of Factories,
Workshops and Workplaces, etc.
Number of complaints investigated 754
„ „ premises inspected after the occurrence of
infectious disease 413
„ „ inspections of Factories (excluding bakehouses)
97