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Inspections Milkshops 504
" Premises where food is prepared or sold. 5251
" Slaughterhouses. 106
" Factories with mechanical power. 733
" Factories without mechanical power 291
" Workplaces, Public Health Act 307
" Outworkers Premises. 221
Visits re Young Persons Employment Act 65
Baths inspections 9
Water Samples examined 92
Visits to Employers of Outworkers 86
Reinspections of Work in Progress 24269
Sundry Inspections and Visits. 5690
Appointments kept with Owners, builders, etc. 2124
Complaints from public investigated (for purposes other than
inspection of House) 4180
Examination of Building Plans. 20
Informal Notices outstanding 31/12/39 1891
" " served. 6454
" "complied 6745
No. of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders 575
Informal Notices outstanding, 1025
Statutory Notices outstanding 31/12/39 170
" " served 763
" " complied 712
Total number of complaints received 2200
Interviews with callers 3702
Letters received 4091
Letters end other intimations, etc., sent (not including
notices) 2032
Nuisances,'Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1940 and
for which action,was taken to enforce compliance
(1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, Etc.
Insufficient means of Ventilation -
Defective windows and sashcords 1275
Want of windows or ventilators 12
Conditions causing dampness -
Defective roofs 938
" gutters and downspouts 535
" walls, etc 203
Deposits of refuse causing dampness. 4
Want of proper damp proof course 337
Other structural defects -
Defective plaster 903
Cleansing.and limewashing required 1213
Defective floors 237
Insufficient ventilation under floor 10
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, etc. 337
Defective stoves and fireplaces 385
No concrete site under floors
Defective drains, sanitary fitting, etc. -
Defective sinks and waste pipes 307
Abolition of drinking water cisterns 10
Defective W.C.S. 891
" drainage 358
Stoppage in drains 119
Abolition .of pail closets, privies, etc 1
Soil pipe connected to surface water sower 1
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