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97
Sunday Patrols 2
Special Evening Patrols (under Shop Hours Act) 5
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act -
„ under Pharmacy and Poisons Act 177
„ Dairies 140
„ Farms and cowsheds 172
„ Milkshops 64
„ Premises where food is prepared or sold 7,318
„ Slaughterhouses 97
Factories without mechanical power 183
„ Factories with mechanical power 758
„ Workplaces, Public Health Act 403
„ Outworkers' premises 197
Visits re Young Persons Employment Act 5
Water samples examined 66
Visits to Employers of Outworkers 20
Reinspections of work in progress16,959
Sundry inspections and visits 4,984
Appointments kept with owners, builders, etc. 2,268
Complaints from public investigated (for purposes other than inspection
of house) 5,272
Examination of building plans 40
Informal notices outstanding 31-12-42 393
Informal notices served5,195
Informal notices complied 4,449
Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders 792
Informal notices outstanding 1.194
Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-42 125
Statutory notices served 1,008
Statutory notices complied 861
Total number of complaints received 4,217
Interviews with callers 2,615
Letters received 6,031
Letters and other intimations, etc., sent (not including notices) 3,044
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1943 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 555
Want of windows or ventilators 260
Conditions causing dampness:
Defective roofs 695
Defective walls, etc. 504
Want of proper damp-proof course 184
Defective gutters and downspouts 500
Other structural defects:
Defective plaster 479
Cleansing and limewashing required 240
Defective floors 194
Insufficient ventilation under floor 64
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, etc. 105
Defective stoves and fireplaces 227