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97
Sunday Patrols 2
Special Evening Patrols (under Shop Hours Act) 8
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act
,, under Pharmacy and Poisons Act 672
,, Dairies 207
,, Farms and cowsheds 189
,, Milkshops 150
„ Premises where food is prepared or sold 8,563
„ Slaughterhouses 110
„ Factories without mechanical power 470
,, Factories with mechanical power 1,410
,, Workplaces, Public Health Act 1,090
,, Outworkers' premises 210
Visits re Young Persons Employment Act
Water samples examined 58
Visits to Employers of Outworkers35
Reinspections of work in progress 21,722
Sundry inspections and visits 5,002
Appointments kept with owners, builders, etc 3>100
Complaints from public investigated (for purposes other than inspection
of house) 7,560
Examination of building plans 70
Informal notices outstanding 31-12-41 446
Informal notices served 4,996
Informal notices complied 3,911
Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders 326
Informal notices outstanding 1,203
Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-41 119
Statutory notices served 650
Statutory notices complied 501
Total number of complaints received 2,920
Interviews with callers 3,014
Letters received 4,222
Letters and other intimations, etc., sent (not including notices) 2.031
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1942 and for
which action was taken to enforce compliance:-
(1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, etc.
ACT.
Insufficient means of ventilation:
Defective windows and sashcords 140
Want of windows or ventilators 25
Conditions causing dampness:
Defective roofs 292
Defective walls, etc. 122
Want of proper damp-proof course 12
Defective gutters and downspouts 161
Other structural defects:
Defectiue plaster 246
Cleansing and limewashing required 146
Defective floors 105
Insufficient ventilation under floor 9
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, etc. 53
Defective stoves and fireplaces 126