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Workrooms (including bakehouses) cleansed and repaired 1
Cisterns provided 1
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 21
Water service pipes repaired 19
Moveable sanitary dustbins provided 52
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 3
Nuisances from smoke abated 6
Accumulations of refuse removed 13
Accumulations of manure removed 3
Various 97
Notices Served
Informal notices 843
Statutory notices 59
Enquiries—Outstanding Sanitary Notices
One thousand four hundred and eighty letters were received
during the year from the Town Clerk enquiring whether or not
there were any outstanding sanitary notices with respect to certain
properties in the district. The necessary searches were made and
the required information furnished.
Disinfection and Disinffstation
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 223
Number of articles disinfected 2,221
Number of verminous premises dealt with 44
Verminous rooms disinfested 98
Seven hundred and sixty visits were made by the inspectors
and disinfectors in connection with cases of infectious disease and
verminous premises and the necessary investigations were made in
order to obtain the detailed information required.
There was a further decrease in the number of houses found
to be infested with bugs. In 1945 I commented as follows—"With
the introduction of new insecticides, D.D.T. and Gammexane it is
hoped that the nuisance from vermin and various insect pests will
show a decrease in the future as the residual effects of these
chemicals should go a long way to bring about an initial cure and
prevent re-infestation". The following table shows the position
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