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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Tables relating to the
Environmental Health Service
28 Smoke Control Areas
29 Food and Drugs: Samples submitted to public analyst
30 Food and Drugs: Ice-cream — bacteriological examination
31 Food and Drugs: Milk — bacteriological examination
32 Food and Drugs: Prosecutions
33 Housing: Inspections and defects
34 Housing: Defects remedied
35 Offices, Shops and railway premises
36 Factories and Workshops: Inspection
37 Factories and Workshops: Defects found
38 Inspections and Complaints:
Inspections, interviews and visits of public health inspectorate
39 Inspections and Complaints: Summary of complaints
40 Water Supply: Chemical and mineral analysis
41 Water Supply: Bacteriological results
42 Water Supply: Representative sample
Summary
Water supply
Number of chemical and mineral samples 484
Number of bacteriological samples:
1. Before treatment 10,408
2. After treatment 5,224
Smoke Control Areas
Number of premises (total to end of 1971) 74,250
Acreage (total to end of 1971) 16,820
Food and Drugs
Number of samples analysed 740
Number of samples of ice-cream bacteriologically examined 42
Number of samples of milk bacteriologically examined 177
Number of samples of milk analysed in Department's own
Laboratory 172
Housing
Number of dwelling houses inspected 15,892
Number of housing defects remedied 3,520
Offices, Shops and
Railway Premises
Number of visits to registered premises 4,598
Factories and
Workshops
Number of inspections 516
Number of defects found 31
Number of defects remedied 22
Inspections and
Complaints
Number of inspections and visits 58,790
Number of complaints and requests for visits 8,512
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