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Inspections of cafes, snack bars, canteens, hotels and
their kitchens 629
" " " school kitchens and serveries 139
" " " hospital kitchens21
" " " ice cream manufacturers premises 49
" " " vendors premises
" " " " " barrows and carts 13
" " " markets (day inspections) 84
" " " " (weekend inspections) 50
" " " barrows, other than in markets 160
" " " imported foods at Aerodromes 10
" " " other food premises not enumerated above 109
" " " premises where offensive trades are conducted 20
" " " factories with mechanical power 600
" " " " " without mechanical power
" " " works of building and engineering
" " outworkers premises 179
Visits to employers of outworkers
Inspections of shops (under Shops Acts) 1,361
Special early closing, evening and Sunday trading patrols
of shops 889
Appointments kept with owners, builders etc 3,052
Investigation of complaints other than housing matters 1,671
Re inspect ions of works outstanding (other than houses) 6,499
Inspections under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act 12
" " " " Merchandise Marks Act 327
" " "Pets Act 49
" " " " Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 46
" " " " Pharmacy and Poisons Act 124
Sundry inspections and visits 3.549
Visits regarding rats and mice infestations 9.169
Informal Notices outstanding 31.12.53 1,355
" " " served 3,179
" " " " complied 2,999
Number of Informal Notices referred for Statutory Orders 352
Informal Notices outstanding 31.12.54 1,183
Statutory Notices outstanding 31.12.53
" " " " served 756
" " " " complied 787
" " " " outstanding 31.12.54 299
Total number of callers and complaints received at the office 6,817
Total number of letters received at the office 6,510
Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or Orders,
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1954 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 386
Conditions causing dampness:
Defective roofs 578
Defective window frames 380
Defective walls, etc 539
Want of efficient damp-proof course
Defective gutters and downspouts 437
Other structural defects:
Defective plaster 490
Cleansing and re-decoration required 138
Defective floors and stairs 298
Insufficient ventilation under floor 93
Defective brickwork, sills, lintels, chimneys 252
Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues 116