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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1959
I am very grateful for the following Report and Tables from
Mr. G. A. Webber, Chief Public Health Inspector, which sets out the
work of the Inspectors during the year.
" One vacancy existed in the Inspectorial staff at the commencement
of the year, which in February, 1959, was filled by the
appointment of Mr. D. W. Foster, and for the remainder of the year,
we had the benefit of a full establishment.
Since 1952, there has not been a complete Calendar year with
a full establishment of Inspectors."
SECTIONS C, D, E.
Statistical information relating to the work of the Inspectors is
appended :—
Housing—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 823
Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,553
Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 25
Number of inspections made for the purpose 29
Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the following sub-head) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 112
Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.. 0
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which informal notices
were served 112
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of informal notices 74
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which formal notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 48
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:
(a) by owners 48
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
Number of complaints received 1,442
Number of initial visits 6,115
Number of re-visits 2,440
Total visits and re-visits 8,555
Nuisances Remedied
Structural Defects of properties—External 187
Internal 468
Insanitary conditions other than vermin 3
Verminous conditions 16
Smoke Nuisances 15
Choked drains 296
Other drainage defects 158
Defective sanitary appliances 28
Insufficient or unsuitable water supply 19
Absence of dustbin accommodation 12
Offensive accumulations 20
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