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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1960
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.
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) 1,072
Number of inspections made for the purpose 2,081
Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 22
Number of inspections made for the purpose 182
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 89
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 89
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of informal notices 64
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which formal notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 42
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:
(a) by owners 42
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
Number of complaints received 1,308
Number of initial visits 6,659
Number of re-visits 1,599
Nuisances Remedied
Structural Defects of properties—External 77
Internal 142
Insanitary conditions other than vermin 9
Verminous conditions 15
Smoke Nuisances 14
Choked drains 314
Other drainage defects 115
Defective sanitary appliances 14
Insufficient or unsuitable water supply 8
Absence of dustbin accommodation 6
Offensive accumulations 12
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