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36
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF
CHISLEHURST & SIDCUP
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY AND SHOPS ACTS
INSPECTOR
For the Year ended 31st December, 1938.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting a Report on the Sanitary
and Shops Acts inspection carried out in the District during
the year ended 3]st December, 1938.
1. Inspections—General.
A total of 6,431 inspections were made during the year
as follow:—
2,037 to dwelling-houses (Public Health Acts)
2,154 „ do. (Housing Acts)
152 „ farms, dairies and cowsheds
283 „ slaughterhouses
60 „ piggeries
47 „ bakehouses
24 „ fish friers
193 „ other food preparing premises
134 „ factories
95 „ workshops
169 „ premises for rats and mice
232 „ cases of infectious disease
3 „ rivers and streams
9 „ vans and sheds
23 „ pickers' huts
45 „ smoke abatement
232 „ water supplies
532 „ shops
35 „ various
6,459 Total
2. Complaints.
353 complaints were received and investigated. Where
necessary, appropriate action was taken. They were as follow :
149 re general sanitary defects
16 ,, keeping of animals
30 „ offensive accumulations
25 „ verminous premises
34 „ drainage
4 „ water supply