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REPORT OF THE
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRIcT
(a) Nature and number of visits:-
Rent Act 84
Housing and Public Health Acts:-
Dwelling houses 1,854
Other premises 712
Overcrowding and housing applications 397
Improvement Grants 524
Multiple Occupation 61
Bakehouses 69
Milkshops and dairies 51
Foodshops, stalls and itinerant vendors 1,619
cafes and canteens 328
School kitchens and feeding centres 124
Infectious disease enquiries 912
Number of complaints investigated 1,091
Noise nuisances 138
clean Air Act:-
Survey 4,282
Other inspections 5,655
Factories 190
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 252
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 19
Tents, vans and sheds 46
Pet Shops 14
Hairdressers 39
Ice cream premises and vehicles 152
Houses disinfested 25
Rodent control 568
Other visits 711
(b) Notices served 1- complied with:-
Statutory 184 126
Informal 275 215
WATER
The water supply is satisfactory in quality; although during the period
under review the quantity has been satisfactory there is some apprehension in
respect of the future.
During the year two chemical and two bacteriological samples were taken
from the company's mains in the 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.
During the year the following mains were laid
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