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COMPARATIVE FIGURES— 1938 to 1947 (INCLUSIVE)
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
Total number of inspections
15,57o
11,490
7,247
7,858
8,700
8,525
10,469
ji>364
i4,295
12,855
Number of houses and other premises at which defects were found
1,314
831
520
573
670
645
560
744
939
1,153
Number of defects or nuisances found
5,967
2,485
894
905
1,300
1,264
j-sog
2 >095
2,682
4,028
Number remedied or abated
5,172
1,860
778
739
918
1 ,°57
556
583
858
1,579
Number in which work was in hand
672
452
67
58
63
29
IO4
439
259
557
Number outstanding
123
173
49
108
309
178
649
1,073
1,565
1,892
ANALYSIS OF INSPECTIONS
Inspections under the Housing Acts
596
114
—
—
—
6
—
40
Special Inspections
3,465
2,491
1,399
1,909
2,3°2
2,214
2,891
3,29r
3>422
3,462
Inspections of Houses let in Lodgings
133
13
7
—
—
IO
35
t 108
123
23
Re-inspections
4,373
3,242
1,638
1,379
2,124
2,064
1,988
2,023
2,651
1,864
Inspection of Works in Progress
2,024
1,977
759
871
748
1,121
575
670
1,182
631
Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (including Bakehouses
and Restaurant Kitchens)
673
557
476
43o
534
4OI
398
2 59
272
iqi
Visits to Slaughterhouses
671
644
54
14
24
7
8
5
2
3
Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops
122
111
62
129
77
33
37
22
25
Inspections of Ice Cream Premises
115
123
51
68
61
18
80
41
Inspections of Meat, Fish and other Food Shops (including Meat Depot)
205
282
928
743
681
659
655
561
386
8
489
8
Inspections of Shops (Shops Act)
1,840
796
149
100
94
20
7
12
Visits re Infectious Disease and Verminous Premises
889
837
1,083
1,446
1,290
1,374
1,299
i,223
962
817
Visits re Rodent Control
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,o78
2,58I
3,126
2,816
Visits to Hawkers' Premises
—
—
4
6
—
—
—
—
—
9
Visits to Shelters
—
—
99
141
19
3
2
—
—
—
Visits to Hairdressers' Premises
32
45
1
—
14
19
—
2
—
2
Visits re Building Licences
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
i,O63
Visits re "Permitted Numbers"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
416
236
Miscellaneous
432
258
537
622
732
560
500
574
620
581
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