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Number of Notices Served.
Preliminary or Informal Notices 1,628
Statutory Notices 444
Defects Remedied.
Houses repaired, cleansed, etc. 246
D.W. cisterns repaired, covered 17
Water fittings repaired 146
Water taken off mains 5
Drains examined, tested, etc. 490
Drains cleared, trapped, repaired 438
Drains reconstructed 95
Chambers inserted 59
Chambers sealed down 18
Soil and vent pipes repaired 74
W.C.s repaired, cleansed, etc. 287
Flushing cisterns repaired 159
Waste pipes repaired, etc. 83
Sinks repaired or renewed 31
Roofs repaired 291
Gutters and R.W.P.s repaired 237
Yards paved or repaved 75
Scullery floors repaired 48
Spaces under floors ventilated 37
Dampness remedied 83
Floors repaired 114
.Coppers and stoves repaired, etc. 110
New dustbins supplied 204
Accumulation of refuse removed 9
Nuisances from animals abated 1
Other nuisances abated 184
Water supply restored 8
Rat defestation of premises 8
Canal Boats Acts.
During the year 4 visits were paid to the Canal and 4 boats were seen,
but of this number none was fitted or used as a dwelling or registered under
the Acts.
Places of Public Entertainment.
Eight inspections of cinemas and other places of entertainment were
made in accordance with the Circular of the Ministry of Health of 1920.
Conditions were found to be generally satisfactory.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The following work has been carried out under the above Act :—
1.—Inspections for the Purpose of Provisions as to Health.
Premises
Inspections
Written
Notices
Occupiers
Prosecuted
Factories with mechanical power
220
12
...
Factories without mechanical power
14
...
Other premises under the Act (including
works of building and engineering and
construction but not including outworkers'
premises)
...
...
...
Totals
234
12
...
16