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The following specimens were examined during the
year:-
Throat or Nose - 66
Faeces - 78
Sputum - 23
Pertussis - 7
Ice-Cream - 39
Miscellaneous - 23
SANITARY SERVICES.
Under this heading may be grouped those services for
which the Council through the Public Health Committee and
Public Health Department are directly responsible, including
such matters as housing (in its relation to health) food
inspection and hygiene, the sanitary conditions in shops
and factories, rodent control, the investigation and
control of infectious disease, and the investigation
and improvement of conditions which are likely in any way
to affect the health of the community,
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS.
Visits to premises on complaint 545
Visits in connection with infectious disease 80
Visits to shops and places where food is
prepared,stored or sold 344
Visits to other shops 98
Visits to factories 82
Visits to Petroleum installations 59
Visits in connection with housing and the repair
of dwelling-houses 1771
Appointments and special visits 383
Visits re infestation and disinfcstation 16
Visits in connection with rodent control 1505
Visits to piggeries 27
Attendances at Court 4
SERVICE OF NOTICES.
Number of informal notices served 267
Number of informal notices complied with 202
Number of statutory notices served 35
Number of statutory notices complied with 26
HOUSING INSPECTION AND REPAIRS.
As in previous years the inspection and repair
of dwelling-houses have taken an important place in the
work of the Department. The main object has been to
maintain a reasonable standard of fitness of the older
properties whilst a general raising of the standard of
accommodation is brought about by the provision of
new houses. This has been no simple task. The problems
associated with old and worn-out properties persist and
are too well known to need restating, whilst economic
factors have resulted in more and more of the better type
of property coming into the field of action by the
Department,
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