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Food Premises:
Bakehouses reconstructed 1
New fish preparing room provided 1
Ice cream storage premises constructed 1
Foodshops and storerooms reconstructed 2
Hot water supply provided for ablution purposes 55
Lavatory basins provided 14
Glazed sinks provided 8
Draining boards provided 3
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 7
Staff sanitary accommodation repaired 10
Staff sanitary accommodation provided with intervening ventilated
space 2
Staff sanitary accommodation cleansed 6
Staff sanitary accommodation provided 3
Provision made for storage of staff clothing 2
Walls and ceilings cleansed and repaired 80
Floors repaired or relaid 13
Kitchen enlarged 1
Additional ventilation provided to food preparing rooms 4
Windows repaired 2
Yards paved, or paving repaired 8
Blocked drains cleared 5
Portable dustbins provided 5
Accumulations removed 6
Miscellaneous 8
Notices Served.
Preliminary Notices 484
Statutory Notices 13
Legal Proceedings.
It was again unnecessary to take legal proceedings in
connection with public health work in this District.
DISINFESTATION.
During the year only 3 houses needed to be, and were dis-
infested owing to the presence of bed bugs, but in only two of the
cases was it found necessary to treat bedding by steam.
Action was also taken by the Department in 11 cases of
infestation with other pests such as cockroaches, crickets and
wasps.
In the majority of cases disinfestation was carried out by
spraying with a proprietary insecticide.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949.
The following is a tabular statement indicating the action
taken in 1950 under this Act:-
44