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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
(a) Nature and number of visits:—
Rent Act 409
Housing and Public Health Acts:—
Dwelling houses 2,988
Other premises 1,021
Overcrowding and Housing Applications 1,456
Bakehouses 49
Milkshops and dairies 73
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors 2,016
Cafes and canteens 449
School kitchens and feeding centres 153
Infectious disease enquiries 1,254
Visits to foster-mothers' premises 111
Number of complaints investigated 940
Clean Air Act—Survey 8,012
Factories 286
Workplaces and offices 52
Rag Flock, etc 26
Tents, vans and sheds 312
Stables 5
Pet Shops 12
Hairdressers' and barbers' premises 59
Shops Act 82
Ice Cream premises and vehicles 297
Houses disinfested 23
Other visits 1,036
(b) Notices served:— Complied with:—
Statutory 67 75
Informal 560 515
Legal proceedings were instituted in respect of two properties to enforce compliance
with statutory notices.
WATER
The water supply is satisfactory in quality and quantity; owing to exceptionally
high demand during the extreme drought periods the pressures were at times less than
normal. During the year two chemical and two bacteriological samples were taken from
the Company's mains in this Borough; all were satisfactory.
The water is not liable to have plumbo-solvent properties and no action was called
for in respect of any form of contamination. Approximately .022 per cent of the inhabited
houses and .014 per cent of the population of the Borough take their water from
standpipes.
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