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PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS' INSPECTIONS
AND VISITS
The following report, in condensed form, gives detail of the
work of the Public Health Inspectors during the year 1958.
The total number of inspections and visits made during the
year for all purposes was 22,800.
No. of
Inspections of Premises:— Inspections
Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 439
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 and Rent Act,
1957 599
Infectious Disease 82
Tuberculosis 1
Complaint by tenants of insanitary conditions 6,723
Vermin 443
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 7
Pet Animals Act, 1951 12
Public Conveniences 74
Schools 14
School Canteens 20
Cinemas, Halls, etc 27
Fair-grounds 11
Hairdressers 16
Milkshops and Dairies 40
Food Premises 2,974
Food Hawkers'Stands 41
Food Hawkers (Storage) 39
Bakehouses 26
Ice-Cream Shops 88
Public-houses 51
Outworkers' Premises
Factories 350
Smoke Observations 936
Visits :—
Ifectious Diseases 217
Dysentery 84
Food Poisoning 82
Housing Act, 1936 (Sec. 62)—Permitted Numbers 6
Overcrowding 16
Slaughterhouse 881
Shops Act, 1950 48
Improvement Grants 587
Builder's Notices 19
C/fwd 14,986