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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Tables of inspections made and defects remedied through
the action of the Sanitary Inspector, will be found later in this
report. The amount of sanitary improvements to dwelling houses
is much less than in previous years due to depletion of inspectorial
staff, the great difficulty of obtaining building materials and
labour, and the engagement of your sanitary Inspector in billeting
and rehousing. The experience of the last war i.e. for owners
of working class property to with old repairs in war-time has been
repeated, and there has been a steady deterioration of the working
class property, which is specially noticeable in The Avenue area,
Pembroke, Sydney and Cromwell Roads. This property is poorly
constructed, old and worn out, and was under the supervision of
your Sanitary Inspectors, and kept up to a reasonable standard of
comfort, by continued action under the Public Health and Housing
Acts. Where property of this type has been subjected to blast
by enemy action, the dilapidations due to age have been aggravated.
War repairs must be looked upon as palliative and temporary only.
There does not seem any possibility of getting repairs executed in
a proper and workmanlike manner, until suitable materials and
skilled workman are once again available for this purpose after the
war.
NO. OF DWELLING-H0USES INSPECTED (separate primary inspections only).
(1) On Complaint 251
(3) On notification of infectious disease 74
(3) He Tuberculosis 16
(4) House to House 10
Visits to Foodshops 51
" " Dairies and Milkshops 30
" " Slaughterhouses 0
" re Shops Acts 3
" to Factories and Workshops 43
" re Petroleum Acts 29
" to Watercourses 30
" for disinfection 61
" re Sanitation of Public Halls 30
" " Housing Act 1936 7
" " Billeting 1007
" " Disinfestation and to verminous premises 27
" " Rat Infestation 21
" " Hawkers premises 0
Appointments and special visits 303
Re-inspections and visits to works in progress 722
Attendances at Court (Petty Sessions and County Court) 5
2345
Total visits and inspections for 1939 2344
" " " " " 1938 2753
" " " " " 1937 3192
" " " " " 1936 3013
" " " " " 1935 2222
HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) Total - 13 houses and 7 self-contained flats
(including those under (b) ).
(b) With State assistance under Housing Act:-
(1) By the Local Authority 0
(2) By other Bodies of persons 0