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demned, and no compulsory powers have been sought
to enforce our sanitary requirements, so that it will be
seen by reference to the Inspector's appended Returns,
that a very large amount of useful and important work
has been performed by the Public Health staff during
the year. One hundred and ninety-five houses were
inspected under the " Housing and Town Planning
Act." Special inspection of premises were made on
882 occasions, and the re-inspections necessary
to ascertain that the defects discovered were
being remedied numbered 6,163, making a total
of 7,045 visits. In addition to these must be
added visits to premises where meat, fish, etc., are
purveyed, to places under the Factory and Workshops
Act, and to dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops, making
a total of 11,658 visits and inspections completed
during the year.