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(8) SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The Crisis in September and the urgent work
acquired for Air Raid Precautions interfered considerably
with the routine work of the sanitary inspectors,
and is responsible for the reduction in the inspections
made during the year.
The number of complaints received and recorded in
the register of complaints was 768, as compared with
659 in 1937, 759 in 1936, 855 in 1935, 551 in 1934 and
927 in 1933.
The premises were inspected forthwith and any
necessary action taken.
The total number of visits paid by sanitary inspectors
to various premises for all purposes are summarised
below, together with the number of defects arising from
those visits.
The housing defects dealt with numbered 4,118.
(a) Work of Sanitary Inspectors.
(1) Inspection of Dwelling-Houses.
Total Houses Inspected under Public Health
or Housing Acts 4,013
Total Number of Inspections made8,143
Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 1,210
After Infectious Disease 981
Overcrowded Premises 401
Defects Found 4,118
Notices Served (Preliminary)1,439
Re-inspections re Notices Served 3,105
Inspection of Works in Progress 455