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SANITARY SERVICES.
Summary of Inspections.
Visits to premises on complaint 485
Visits in connection with infectious disease 187
Visits to shops and other places where
food is prepared, stored or sold 602
Visits to other shops 225
Visits to factories 103
Visits to petrol installations 91
Visits in connection with housing and the
repair of dwelling-houses 1505
Appointments and special visits 417
Visits re infestations and disinfestations 33
Visits in connection with rodent control 1656
Notices served.
Informal Notices 209
Statutory Notices 26
HOUSING.
Inspection and repair of dwellings. The investigation
of housing conditions and subsequent action to bring
about improvements accounted for a substantial amount
of the Department's time and efforts. Inspections
of dwellings are made either as part of a routine and
continuous survey of the housing circumstances of
the district, following complaints by occupiers, or
as a result of statements made by applicants for
housing accommodation. The volume of work in
this field has not diminished, whilst considerations,
chiefly the relationship between cost and rental
income make it necessary to give more time and
effort to individual properties in order to obtain
necessary repairs,which are often delayed longer
than we would wish.
The practice usually followed in dealing with
unsatisfactory housing conditions as they are found
is to indicate by way of Informal Notice the repairs
needed, and, if it can be arranged, to meet the
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