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or nuisances to the number of 1,854 were discovered, and at the
end of the year 1,769 including a number outstanding at the end
of 1952 had been remedied or abated. The work in connection with
223 was in hand and 1,092 were outstanding. In order to ascertain
that the sanitary defects were being properly remedied 1,286 visits
were paid to the respective premises while the work was in progress.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each section
of work is recorded below, together with a summary of the sanitary
improvements carried out:
Inspections under Housing Acts 20
Special Inspections 3,795
Reinspections 2,831
Inspections of Works in Progress 1,286
Inspections of Factories and Workplaces (including Bakehouses
and Restaurant Kitchens) 616
Visits to Slaughterhouses 1
Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 25
Inspections of Ice Cream Premises 138
Inspections of Meat, Fish and other Food Shops 539
Inspections of Shops (Shops Act) 180
Visits re Infectious Disease and Vermin 680
Visits re Rodent Control 4,843
Visits re Housing Act, 1936 125
Visits re Building Licences 1
Visits re Hawkers 37
Visits to Hairdressers' Premises 15
Visits to Houses Let in Lodgings 9
Visits re Pet Animals Act, 1951 11
Visits re Heating Appliances—Fireguards 66
Miscellaneous 495
15,713
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