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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
To the Medical Officer of Health
I beg to submit in accordance with the Sanitary
Officers Order, 1922, a report for the year ending December
31st, 1939 of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors
and other officers under my supervision.
ROBERT J. JACKSON,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS, AND
OTHER DEPARTMETAL WORK.
Total No. of Houses inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 3060
No. of houses inspected under the Housing (Consolidated
Regulations) 1925 1932
No. of Houses inspected under the Rent Restriction Acts... 9
No. of Houses inspected where zymotic diseases have
occurred 356
House drains tested with smoke (primary) 794
House drains tested with smoke (on application) 13
Mo. of smoke tests during repair 227
Inspection of drainage work during construction 3504
No. of water tests during repair 397
Final tests of drains after repair 68
Final tests of drains when completely relaid 58
Length of new drains tested yards... ... 2645
Inspection of yards, stables and manure pits 391
" Passages 159
" Public Conveniences 4018
" Pigstyes 128
" Tents, Vans, and similar structures 126
" Theatres, Cinemas, Halls, ets. 95
" Ponds and Ditches 77
" Schools and School Lavatories 132
" Common Lodging Houses (including night visits) 46
" Houses let in lodgings 78
" Premises where offensive trades are conducted. 54
" G-psy Encampments, camps, etc. 32
" Cesspools 82
" Pail closets, privies. 252
" Gathering grounds 563
Siting Shelters, Reinspections, etc 30161
Smoke Observations 109
No. of Visits re Infectious Diseases 1123
Inspections of Shops (under Shops Acts) 1733
Special Early Closing Patrols 49
Sunday Patrols 51
Special Evening Patrols under Shop Hours Act 123
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act 6
" under Pharmacy and poisons Act 26
" Dairies 72
" Farms and Cowsheds 185
" Milkshops 340
" Premises where food is prepared or sold 5463
" Slaughterhouses 668
" Factories with mechanical power 1197
" Factories without mechanical power 167
" Workplaces, Public Health Act 431
" outworkers Premise 218
Visits re Young Persons Employment Act. 56
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