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Summary of inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors,
and other Departmental work
Total number of houses inspected for housing defects under
public Health or Housing Acts 3.216
Houses inspected where zymotic diseases have occurred 333
" " " following applications for certificates
of disrepair 331
Inspections of underground rooms 37
Special inspections in connection with the Housing Survey 90
Houses inspected for overcrowding conditions 92
Reinspections of work outstanding on housing notices 10,035
Number of visits regarding Infectious diseases 565
" " " " " food poisoning 74
Inspections of drainage work during repair 2,588
House drains tested with smoke and colour - routine and
complaint 1,098
House drains tested with smoke (on written application) 15
House drains tested with smoke during repair 46
" " " " " water during repair 176
Inspections of cesspools and earth closets 5
" " " schools and school sanitary conveniences 43
" " " public conveniences 273
" " " verminous premises 98
" " " ponds and ditches 30
" " " yards, stables and passages 390
" " " theatres, cinemas, halls, etc 98
" " " pig styes 80
" " " tents, vans and similar structures 69
" " " knackers yards 25
Visits regarding smoke abatement 1, 188
exhumation 2
Inspections of swimming baths 7
wells 14
gathering grounds of water supply 70
" " " gipsy encampments, camps, fairs, etc 3
offices 9
" " " rivers and streams for pollutions 299
Pood and Drugs Acts: food and drugs samples taken 378
" " " " milk samples taken 249
Milk (Special Designations) Orders: samples taken 244
Ice Cream samples taken 259
Samples taken of Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs 17
" " " swimming baths water 79
" " " drinking water 282
" " " subsoil water 36
" " " from rivers, streams, etc. 18
" " private wells 18
" "of rag flock and other filling materials 19
" " " sundry specimens (food poisoning etc.) 20
Inspections under Merchandise Marks Act 222
" of butchers premises 536
" " " meat premises (wholesale) 1,203
" " " horseflesh premises 5
" " " poultry and game dealers premises 79
" " " fishmongers premises 126
" " " fried fish premises 83
" " " grocers premises 822
" " fruiterers and greengrocers premises 280
" " bakers premises - including bakehouses 271
dairies 48
milk shops
" " general shops and their premises 50