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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT
(a) Nature and number of visits:—
Rent Act 349
Housing and Public Health Acts:—
Dwelling houses 2,844
Other premises 826
Overcrowding and housing applications 741
Bakehouses 53
Milkshops and dairies 78
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors 1,818
Cafes and canteens 466
School kitchens and feeding centres 128
Infectious disease enquiries 2,516
Visits to foster-mothers' premises 64
Number of complaints investigated 907
Clean Air Act—Survey 8,697
Factories 235
Workplaces and offices 76
Rag Flock, etc 22
Tent, vans and sheds 142
Stables 3
Pet Shops 13
Hairdressers' 73
Shops Act 81
Ice Cream premises and vehicles 138
Houses disinfested 24
Other visits 231
(b) Notices served:— Complied with:—
Statutory 29 32
Informal 279 280
Legal proceedings were instituted in respect of one property to enforce compliance
with statutory notices. It was necessary to obtain from the local Magistrates' Court a
warrant to enter a house; statutory notices were served and complied with in respect of
very extensive internal structural defects.
WATER
The water supply is satisfactory in quality and quantity. 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 .015 per cent of the inhabited
houses and .009 per cent of the population of the Borough take their water
from standpipes.
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