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Inspections Milkshops 129
" Premises where food is prepared or sold 6342
" Slaughterhouses 39
" Factories with mechanical power 833
" Factories without mechanical power 309
" Workplaces, Public Health Act 427
" Outworkers premises 198
Visits ro Young Persons Employment Act 113
Water samples examined 80
Visits to Employers of Outworkers 24
Rcinspections of work in progress 12741
Sundry inspections and visits 5177
Appointments kept with Ovmers, builders etc 2158
Complaints from public, investigated 4742
(for purposes other than inspection of house)
Examination of building plans 30
Informal notices outstanding 31,1240 1025
Informal notices served 3095
Informal notices complied 3497
Number of Informal notices referred for Statutory Orders 139
Informal notices outstanding 444
Statutory notices outstanding 31.12.40 221
Statutory notices served- 368
Statutory notices complied 470
Total number of complaints received 2173
Interviews with callers 1873
Letters received 3133
Letters and other intimations, etc, sent (net including
notices) 3732
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1941 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 212
Want of windows or ventilators 2
Conditions causing dampness
Defective roofs 361
Defective walls, etc,- 135
Want of proper damp proof course 25
Defective gutters and downspouts 202
Other structural defects
Defective plaster 225
Cleansing and limewashing required 168
Defective floors 72
Insufficient ventilation under floor
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, etc 52
Defective stovos and fireplace: 92
Defective drains, sanitary fitting, etc
Defective sinks and waste pipes 90 • •
Abolition of drinking water cisterns
Defective W.C.'s. 498
Defective drainage 468
Stoppage in drains 173
Domestic nuisances
Want of cleanliness 14
Dirty w.c. - pans 3
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