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Departmental Laundry.
In addition to the washing of towels, wraps etc., used during the treatment
of cases, the following articles were laundered:
Hand towels 6,018
Roller towels 100
Dusters 435
Swabs 139
Sheets 21
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE AREA
Whilst the number of complaints of sanitary nuisances was
more or less the same as last year, the total number of inspections
and revisits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for all purposes again
showed a substantial increase of over 7,000.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS
(Separate statistics for certain of the following headings are
given in the Housing section).
Inspections upon receipt of complaint 4,232
Drainage inspections (and revisits) 2,624
Inspection of Factories 931
Inspection of Outworkers 320
Inspection of Common Lodging Houses 75
Rehousing cases: Inspections 1,175
Smoke Observations and inspections 179
Rodent Officers inspections of Industrial premises 188
,, ,, ,, ,, Dwellings 719
Inspection of Slaughterhouses 4
Inspection of Offensive Trades Premises 47
Inspection and food sampling visits, shops and markets 2,247
Inspection and sampling visits, Catering and Ice Cream
Premises 1,863
Inspection of food at Wharves and Warehouses 2,835
Bakehouses—Inspections 115
Fried Fish Shops—Inspections 88
Fishmongers' premises—Inspections 79
Re-inspections 12,278
Miscellaneous 1,059
Pet Animals and Act Sunday Market Inspections 311