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Section III.-SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Changes in the personnel of the Council's Inspectorial Staff are set out on page xiii.
The work of the Staff is allocated as follows:—There are twelve District Inspectors,
each of whom is responsible in his own district for the duties of which particulars are given
in the Table on page 28. There is also one Housing Inspector and one Assistant Housing
Inspector, who deal with the borough as a whole, under the Housing Acts.
Two Food Inspectors divide the Borough for the purposes of the duties detailed
on page 53.
Work under the Factories Act is carried out by one male and one female inspector,
and information as to the work carried out under these Acts will be found in the Tables on
pages 37 to 41.
Inspections.—62,279 visits and inspections were made in 1938 by the Council's staff of
18 Inspectors.
Of these inspections, 46,485 were made by the 12 District Inspectors and two Housing
Inspectors, 7,727 by the two Inspectors of Food and Food places, and 8,067 by the two
Inspectors of Factories and Workshops.
Notices served.—3,465 intimation notices were served by the Inspectors during the
year. Of these 3,154 were served by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 311 by the
Factory and Workshop Inspectors.
1,306 Statutory notices were served for non-compliance with certain of the above
intimation notices. There were none under the Shops Act.
Details of the work performed by the various Inspectors will be found in the following
tables.