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tion. Food and drink is regularly sampled for chemical and
bacteriological examination, 1,302 such samples having been
taken during the year, the results of which are set out in the
body of the report.
I should finally like to take this opportunity of thanking all
those under my control, who have throughout the year and under
difficult working conditions, given such excellent service in maintaining
the work of the department.
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) 11,372
Number of houses inspected where zymotic diseases have occurred 421
House drains tested 835
House drains tested on application 11
Number of smoke tests during repair 108
Inspections of drainage work during repair 2,986
Number of water tests during repair 169
Final tests of drains after repair 76
Final tests of drains when completely relaid 25
Length of new drains tested feet 3,290
Inspection of yards, stables and manure pits 90
,, passages 56
„ public conveniences 58
„ pigstyes 57
,, tents, vans and similar structures 72
,, theatres, cinemas, halls, etc. 116
,, ponds and ditches and static water tanks 202
,, schools and school sanitary conveniences 21
,, common lodging-houses 11
,, verminous premises 92
,, premises where offensive trades are conducted 22
„ gipsy encampments, camps, fairs, etc 4
,, cesspools 2
,, gathering grounds of water supply 57
Number of visits under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 6,953
Inspections of war damaged houses 85
Smoke observations 45
Number of visits re Infectious Diseases 2,208
Inspections of Shops (under Shops Acts) 955
Special Early Closing and Evening Patrols (Shop Hours Acts) 271
Overcrowding inspections 355
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act 2
,, under Pharmacy and Poisons Act 40
,, Dairies 58
„ Farms and cowsheds 76
,, Milkshops 4
,, Premises where food is prepared or sold 3,729
,, Bakehouses 79
„ Slaughterhouses 662