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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Summary of work carried out under the Public Health and
Factory Acts during the year:-
Inspections upon complaints being received. 4,994
Miscellaneous inspections. 1,454
Inspection of Year Damaged Properties. 47
Inspections of Factories. 572
Visits to Outworkers. 292
Re-housing visits. 392
Inspections of Common Lodging Houses. 19
Re-visits. 8,635
Intimation Notices served. 3,020
Statutory Notices served. 552
Defects found and remedied. 7,138
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - SECTION 95.
Certificates as to habitability were issued in respect
of 80 newly erected premises.
RENT RESTRICTIONS ACTS.
100 certificates were issued during the year under the
above-mentioned Acts.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD PREMISES.
Food supplies in the Borough have received close attention
during the year, and their inspection has been carried out
thoroughly. Regular inspections have been made of the large
quantities of food received at the river-side wharves in the
Borough with a view to ascertaining its fitness for human
consumption 423 visits were made to wharves in the Borough
during the year.
923 visits were made to food premises, including factories,
eating houses and ice cream promises during the year. 350
tons, 5 cwts. and 23¾ lbs of food wore found to be unfit for
human consumption as a result of inspections, and instructions
given for its disposal.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
The following is a statement of the work of the Mortuary
land Coroner's Court during the ear 1947:-
post-mortems without inquest. 924
" " with " 297
Inquests with Post-mortems elsewhere. 71
Bodies brought in for convenience. 1
TOTAL. 1,293
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
The four women's and two men's Common Lodging Houses in the
Borough are fully occupied nightly, and receive periodic
supervision by the Sanitary Inspectors# With the exception of
a few minor defects, which are dealt with immediately, there
has been nothing of importance to report during the year.
The Keepers are very co-operative and conduct the Common Lodging
Houses in a satisfactory manner.
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