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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
(a) Nature and number of visits:-
Rent Act 162
Housing and Public Health Acts:-
Dwelling houses 6,585
Other premises 1,510
Overcrowding and housing applications 398
Improvement grants 419
Multiple occupation 97
Bakehouses 96
Milkshops and dairies 147
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors 2,667
Cafes and canteens 638
School kitchens and feeding centres 259
Infectious disease enquiries 3,007
Foster mothers' premises 19
Number of complaints investigated 2,168
Noise nuisance 162
Clean Air Act:-
Survey 3,152
Other inspections 4,768
Factories 687
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1,942
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 16
Tents, vans and sheds 160
Pet Shops 46
Hairdressers 74
Ice cream premises and vehicles 337
Houses disinfested 15
Rodent control 2,088
Other visits 2,271
(b) Notices served:- Complied with:-
Statutory 125 169
Informal 1,355 1,015
WATER
The water supply continues to be satisfactory both in quality and quantity.
During the year, ten chemical and ten bacteriological samples were taken from
the Company's mains in the borough; all were satisfactory.
The water does not have any plumbo-solvent properties and no action was
called for in respect of any form of contamination. There is now a piped supply
inside all houses.
During the year the following mains were laid:-
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