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WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS ADMINISTERING FACTORIES ACT, 1937,
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938, AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTS.
Inspections and Re-Visits.
6,021 inspections and 3,666 re-visits were made by the Inspectors. These are
summarised as follows:—
Inspections
Revisits
Dining rooms, hotel and restaurant kitchens and refreshment
rooms
911
388
Stalls (Refreshment and Food)
34
18
Factories (Mechanical)
1,635
1,100
Factories (Non-mechanical)
548
284
Factories (Public Health (London) Act, 1936)
735
1,046
Fish curers
24
16
Fishmongers
58
18
Fried Fish Shops
125
109
Half Way Houses
3
2
Noise Nuisances
53
21
Outworkers
116
44
Provisions Shops
123
79
Special Inspections (Food licences)
260
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Bakehouses (Level)
171
147
Confectioners
106
92
Food Factories
56
—
Fruiterers/Greengrocers
106
105
Markets
59
6
Preserved food premises
900
191
6,021
3,666
(Sec separate section for underground bakehouses and offensive trades.)
Defects, nuisances or contraventions found.
Nuisances and Notices.
(a) Factories Act, 1937.
Number of contraventions found 2,187
Number of contraventions remedied 1,661
Notices served 308
Notices complied with 258
(b) Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Number of contraventions found 2,813
Number of contraventions remedied 2,728
Notices served 511
Notices complied with 513
(c) Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Number of contraventions found 948
Number of contraventions remedied 921
Notices served 397
Notices complied with 420
(d) Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
Notices served 2
Notices complied with 2
Complaints received.
Number of complaints (General) 302
Number of complaints (Home Office) 41