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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF POBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
(a) Nature and number of visits:-
Rent Act 172
Housing and Public Health Acts:
Dwelling houses 6,668
Other premises 1,290
Overcrowding and housing applications 66
Improvement grants 568
Multiple occupation 95
Bakehouses and bakers shops 77
Milkshops and dairies 146
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors 1,742
Cafes and canteens 515
School kitchens and feeding centres 168
Infectious disease enquiries 1,464
Foster mothers' premises 11
Number of complaints investigated 2,571
Noise nuisance 124
Clean Air Acts
Survey 141
Other inspections 2,929
Factories 660
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1,788
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 7
Tents, vans and sheds 333
Pet shops 33
Hairdressers 97
Ice cream premises and vehicles 269
Houses disinfested 43
Rodent control 1,997
Other visits 3,182
(b) Notices served: Complied with:
Statutory 153 147
Informal 1,232 998
WATER
The water supply 6till continues to be satisfactory both in quality and
quantity. During the year, 6 chemical and 27 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 once again 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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