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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 1938:—
Total number of inspections 4,126
Total number of re-inspections and other visits and
re-visits 15,130
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects 1,714
Number of these found not in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 1,180
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), 1,664 relating to 1,281 premises.
(2) Statutory 906 relating to 409 premises.
Investigation of Complaints, Inspection of Factories.
Number of complaints investigated 906
,, „ premises inspected after the occurrence of
infectious disease 170
„ ,, inspections of Factories with mechanical
power (excluding bakehouses) 144
,, „ inspections of Factories without mechanical
power (excluding bakehouses) 62
„ „ inspections of Other Premises under the
Factories Act 101
,, „ inspections of Bakehouses, Milkshops and
other food premises 830
Details of work, etc., supervised or action taken by the Sanitary
Inspectors, whether under notice or voluntary, at premises not
registered as Tenement Houses:—
Totals
Underground rooms.
Illegally occupied -found, or brought to the Inspectors' notice 376
Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued 28
Made to conform 113