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Baths Inspections 20
Open Air Swimming Pool, samples 14
Water Sanples examined 127
Visits to Enployers of Outworkers 26
Reinspections of Work in Progress 22415
Sundry Inspections and Visits 5281
Appointments kept v;ith' Owners , builders, etc. 2208
Complaints fron public investigated (for purposes other
than inspection of House) 3882
Examination of Building Plaxis56
Informal Notices outstanding 31/12/38 2935
w " served 6795
" " complied 7250
No. of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orators 589
Informal Notices outstanding 1891
Statutory Notices outstanding 31/12/38 156
" " served 673
' " complied 659
Total number of complaints received 2975
Interviews with callers 3845
Letters received 5120
Letters and other intimations, etc., sent (not including
notices) 6663
Nuisances, Infringements- of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1939 and
for which action was taken to enforce compliance:-
11) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFEATS AT HOUSES, Etc.
Insufficient means ot Ventilation
Defective windows and sashcord 1285
Want of windows or ventilators 32
Conditions causing dampness-
Defective roofs 1241
„ gutters- and downspouts 689
„ walls, etc. 375
Deposits of refuse causing dampness 5
Want of proper damp proof course 411
Other structural defects-
Defective plastert 916
Cleansing and limewashing required 1247
Defective floors 318
Insufficient ventilation under floor 28
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, etc 426
Defective stoves and fireplaces 434
No concrete site under floors 2
Defective drains, sanitary fitting, etc.-
Defective sinks and waste pipes 358
Abolition of drinking water cisterns 7
Defective w.c.'s 635
'' drainage 568
Stoppage in drains 137
Abolition of pail closets, privies, etc 5
Domestic nuisances -
Want of cleanliness 6
Dirty w.c. pans 10
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