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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF FUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
(a) Nature and number of visits:-
Rent Act 100
Housing and Public Health Acts:-
Dwelling houses 6,519
Other premises 1,986
Overcrowding and housing applications 70
Improvement grants 9'+2
Multiple occupation 728
Bakehouses 2^7
Milkshops and dairies 136
Foodshops, markets, stalls and delivery vehicles 2,679
Cafes and canteens 533
School kitchens and feeding centres 244
Infectious disease enquiries 900
Foster mothers' premises 25
Number of complaints investigated 3»077
Noise nuisance 191
Clean Air Act:-
Survey
Other inspections 91
Factories 686
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 2,153
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 8
Tents, vans and sheds 97
Pet shops 27
Hairdressers 153
Ice cream premises and vehicles 230
Houses disinfested 37
Rodent control 2,387
Other visits 4,085
(b) Notices served:- Complied with:-
Statutory 125 98
Informal 1,201 l,06l
WATER
The water supply still continues to be satisfactory both in quality
and quantity. During the year four bacteriological and chemical and six
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 fir in respect of any form of contamination. There is a piped
supply inside all houses.
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