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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1963
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) 1,447
Number of inspections made for the purpose 2,552
Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 20
Number of inspections made for the purpose .. 26
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 131
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 131
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of informal notices 92
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 41
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners .. 0
Number of complaints received 1,507
Number of initial visits 7,507
Number of re-visits 3,044
Nuisances Remedied
Structural Defects of properties—External 74
Internal
Insanitary conditions other than vermin
Verminous conditions 6
Smoke Nuisances 12
Choked drains 495
Other drainage defects 145
Defective sanitary appliances 36
Insufficient or unsuitable water supply
Absence of dustbin accommodation
Offensive accumulations 15
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