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SANITARY SERVICES
Summary of Inspections
Visits to premises on complaint 497
Visits in connection with infectious disease 87
Visits to shops and' places where food is prepared,
stored or sold 572
Visits to other shops 180
Visits to factories 110
Visits to petroleum installations 77
Visits in connection with housing and the repair
of dwelling-houses 2094
Appointments and special visits 486
Visits re infestations and disinfestations 17
Visits in connection with rodent control 1399
Visits to piggeries 36
Visits re Pet Animals Act 8
Visits re Rag Flock Act 5
Smoke observations 75
HOUSING
In the year under review 2094 visits were made in
connection with housing conditions A considerable
tion of these inspections were for the purpose of obtaining
information to enable the Council to formulate proposals
for dealing with the local problem of unfit houses
following these visits, and as a result of notices served,
repairs were carried out to 250 dwellings
The Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 came into
operation during the latter part of the year Amongst other
matters the Act modifies the conditions under which financial
grants are available to property owners for carrying out
improvements to houses, such as the provision of a bathroom, a
hot water supply, and other works to raise the standard of
accommodation provided by the older dwellings It is to be
hoped that the revised arrangements will make such schemes more
attractive to property owners By the end of the year, however,
no applications for grants had been received although a
number of preliminary enquiries, mostly by owner occupiers, had
been dealt with
The Act also enables a landlord to increase the rent
of his property if he is able to shew that he has spent certain
sums of money on maintenance and the property is in good repair
Applications were received from the tenants of 15 houses, who
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