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119
Inspection Factories without mechanical power 81
,, Factories with mechanical power 199
,, Workplaces, Public Health Act 64
„ Outworkers' premises 68
Visits re Young Persons Employment Act 19
Water samples taken 113
Food and Drugs Acts: milk samples taken 249
Food and Drugs Acts : other foods and drugs samples taken 410
Milk Special Designations Orders : samples taken 261
Non-designated Milk: samples taken 114
Ice Cream samples taken 155
Reinspections of work on outstanding notices 29,683
Sundry inspections and visits 2,759
Appointments kept with owners, builders, etc 4,730
Complaints from public investigated (including those in regard to
housing defects) 15,100
Informal notices outstanding 31-12-46 2,582
Informal notices served 9,521
Informal notices complied 8,827
Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders 1,875
Informal notices outstanding 3,276
Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-46 1,508
Statutory notices served 3,673
Statutory notices complied 3,533
Statutory notices outstanding 31-12-47 1,648
Total number of callers and complaints received at the office 13,634
Total number of letters received at the Office 12,383
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1947 and for
which action was taken to enforce compliance:—
(1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, etc.
Insufficient means of ventilation:
Defective ventilators, windows and sashcords 1,991
Conditions causing dampness:
Defective roofs 1,916
Defective window frames 682
Defective walls, etc. 1,4/9
Want of efficient damp-proof course 464
Defective gutters and downspouts 1,488
Other structural defects:
Defective plaster 1,724
Cleansing and limewashing required 1,286
Defective floors and stairs 1,363
Insufficient ventilation under floor 164
Defective brickwork, cills, lintels, chimneys, etc 573
Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues 964
Defective drains, sanitary fittings, etc.:
Defective sinks and waste pipes 756
Defective w.c.'s 682
Defective drainage 760
Stoppages in drainr 627
Defective water services and tanks 373
Domestic nuisances:
Want of cleanliness 38
Dirty w.c. pans 56
Verminous conditions 57