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TOTAL INSPECTIONS
Two-thousand-two-hundred-and-twenty-nine visits were paid
in respect of infectious diseases during the year, and the total number
of inspections and visits for all purposes made by the Sanitary
Inspectors was 29,408.
The Inspector appointed to carry out the requirements of
Section 58 of the Housing Act, 1936, and the provisions of the
Shops Act, 1950, made the following number of visits during the
year:—
Housing Act, 1936 549
Shop Act, 1950 3,116
Total 3,665
INTERVIEWS
A considerable amount of the time of the staff of the Health
Department is taken up in interviewing members of the public
who call at the offices for advice on matters concerning health
and complaints as to the condition of their houses.
During the course of the year 548 members of the public were
afforded such interviews.
DISINFECTION
Number of houses disinfected after infectious disease and
verminous cases 509
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 3,135
Number of Library books disinfected 679
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 129
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
The Act controlling premises in which these materials are
used came into force on 1st November, 1951. Six premises have
been registered for the manufacture of new articles containing
filling materials.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
This Act, which controls the keeping of a pet shop, came into
force on the 1st April, 1952.
During the course of the year 4 premises were licensed by the
local authority.