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ANNUAL REPORT OF CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR
FOR THE YEAR 1906.
D. J. THOMAS, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I herewith present my seventh annual statement, showing the
particulars of the actions taken in the suppression of Nuisances,
etc., and various improvements effected during the year 1906.
NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS, etc.
483 Complaints received
1,452 Premises inspected
1,452 Premises re-inspected 4,403 times.
138 House to House inspections
1,236 Nuisances reported
1,645 Nuisances abated
1,200 Preliminary Notices served
692 Statutory Notices served
51 Drains opened up for examination upon written
complaint. The Volatile or chemical test was
applied in numerous instances
108 Plans of new drainage systems submitted and
approved by the Council
35 Workshops inspected 54 times.
78 Houses let in Lodgings inspected 236 „
54 Furnished rooms inspected 218 „
2 Common Lodging Houses inspected 112 „
3 Cowsheds inspected 23 „
69 Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 98 „
28 Bakehouses inspected 189 „
4 Slaughter Houses inspected 182 „
6 Piggeries inspected 150 „
3 Offensive Trades inspected 78 „
4 Mews inspected 314 „
7 Van Dwellings inspected 9 „
179 Patients removed to Isolation Hospital
311 Rooms disinfected, also from which bedding, etc.,
was removed and steam disinfected