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APPENDIX 1.
SANITARY INSPECTORS—Inspections and Complaints.
1. INSPECTIONS—General.
A total of 13.146 inspections were made during the year as
follows; —
8,196 to dwelling-houses (Public Health Acts),
219 „ dwelling-houses (Housing Acts).
124 „ bakers.
191 „ butchers.
333 „ cafes, restaurants and canteens.
59 „ farms, dairies and cowsheds.
132 „ fishmongers.
141 „ greengrocers.
58 „ grocers.
162 „ piggeries.
158 „ ice cream.
29 „ other food preparing premises.
98 „ factories with mechanical power.
186 „ factories without mechanical power.
1,118 „ premises for rats and' mice.
280 „ cases of infectious disease—general.
229 „ cases of infectious disease—tuberculosis.
168 „ movable dwellings.
15 „ pickers' huts.
12 „ smoke abatement.
325 „ shops.
414 „ unsound food.
43 „ rivers and streams.
456 „ miscellaneous.
13,146
2. COMPLAINTS.
One thousand three hundred and thirty-two complaints were
received and investigated. Where necessary, appropriate remedial
action was taken. They were as follows: —
450 re general sanitary defects.
17 „ keeping of animals.
71 „ offensive accumulations.
30 „ verminous premises.
350 „ drainage.
6 „ water supply.
260 „ rats and mice.
35 „ overcrowding.
38 „ food.
54 „ dustbins.
4 „ smoke.
17 „ miscellaneous.
1,332