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release of two inspectors and one assistant for service with H.M.
Forces. There is, in fact, a substantial increase in the number of
inspections compared with previous war years, mainly due to extra
work entailed by the issue of the Infestation Order, 1943, and of
surveys of premises made as a result of various Housing Circulars
of the Ministry of Health. The Infestation Order alone accounted
for 2100 visits, and for this purpose the staff was implemented by personnel
of the Light Rescue Service.
The following statement affords an indication of the work
performed by the Sanitary Inspectors for the year 1943:—
(1) Total number of premises inspected 4913
(2) Total number of re-inspections and other visits
and revisits 9534
(3) Number of inspections (recorded in (1) above) in
respect of
(a) Dwelling houses for housing defects:—
(i) Non-tenement houses 517
(ii) Tenement houses 199
716
(b) Complaints 1180
(c) Factories, excluding bakehouses 136
(d) Infestation Order, 1943 (excluding re-visits) 1803
(e) Food premises:—
(i) Bakehouses 34
(ii) Milk premises 96
(iii) Restaurants and eating
houses 184
(iv) Other food premises 680
994
(f) Shops (under Shops Act, 1934)84
1057 informal notices (i.e., intimations) relating to 742 premises
and 303 statutory notices relating to 201 premises were served during
the year.
Housing.
1. Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 716
2. Number of dwelling houses (included in (1) above) which
were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 19
3. Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation -
4. Number of dwelling houses found not to be in all respects
fit for human habitation 536