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Section 4.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough.
Sanitary Inspection.
The Council employs nine male Sanitary Inspectors, and also one
woman Sanitary Inspector, 40 per cent, 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 slight indication of the work performed by the
Sanitary Inspectors.
Statement showing the number of premises inspected, etc., by
the Sanitary Inspectors during 1939:—
Total number of inspections 2,704
Total number of re-inspections and other visits and
re-visits 11,491
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects 1,237
Number of these found not in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 904
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), 1,503 relating to 1,075 premises.
(2) Statutory 935 relating to 386 premises.
Investigation of Complaints, Inspection of Factories.
Number of complaints investigated 786
,, ,, premises inspected after the occurrence of
infectious disease 77
„ „ inspections of Factories with mechanical
power (excluding bakehouses) 80
„ ,, inspections of Factories without mechanical
power (excluding bakehouses) . 62
„ „ inspections of Other Premises under the
Factories Act 6
„ „ inspections of Bakehouses, Milkshops and
other food premises 748