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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
I beg to submit a report for the year ending the -31st December,
1946, of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors and other officers
under my supervision.
GEO. GRIEVE,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Summary of Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors and other
Departmental Work.
Total number of houses inspected for housing defects (under Public
Health or Housing Acts) 9,321
Number of houses inspected where zymotic diseases have occurred 269
Number of houses inspected under Landlord and Tenant (War
Damage) Acts 37
House drains tested 1,438
House drains tested on application 10
Number of smoke tests during repair 108
Inspections of drainage work during repair 2,643
Number of water tests during repair 127
Final tests of drains after repair 68
Final tests of drains when completely relaid 21
Length of new drains tested feet 2,460
Inspection of vards, stables and manure pits 88
,, passages 52
,, public conveniences 141
,, pigstyes 46
,, tents, vans and similar structures29
,, theatres, cinemas, halls, etc. 76
ponds and ditches and static water tanks 56
,, schools and school sanitary conveniences 13
,, common lodging-houses 10
,, verminous premises 59
,, premises where offensive trades are conducted 14
,, gipsy encampments, camps, fairs, etc. 2
,, cesspools
,, gathering grounds of water supply 87
Number of visits under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 7,171
Inspections of war damaged houses 793
Inspections of war damaged food shops 35
Smoke observations 50
Number of visits re Infectious Diseases 2,454
Inspections of Shops (under Shops Acts) 841
Special Early Closing and Evening Patrols (Shop Hours Acts) 43
Overcrowding inspections 315
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act
,, under Pharmacy and Poisons Act . 42
,, Dairies 38
„ Farms and cowsheds 95
,, Milkshops 4
,, Premises where food is prepared or sold. 2,166
,, Bakehouses 28
,, Slaughterhouses. 37