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The following statements contain particulars required to be submitted
under Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926,
and affords some slight 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 1937:—
Total number of inspections 3,856
Total number of re-inspections and other visits and
re-visits 14,975
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects 1,811
Number of these found not in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 1,207
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), 1,558 relating to 1,176 premises.
(2) Statutory 873 relating to 394 premises.
Investigation of Complaints, Inspection of Factories,
Workshops and Workplaces, etc.
Number of complaints investigated 1,023
., „ premises inspected after the occurrence of
infectious disease 213
„ „ inspections of Factories (excluding bakehouses)
54
„ „ inspections of Workshops (excluding bakehouses)
62
., „ inspections of Workplaces 147
„ „ inspections of Bakehouses, Milkshops and
other food premises 718