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SANITARY SERVICES.
Summary of inspections.
Visits to premises on complaint 745
Visits in connection with infectious disease 364
Visits to shops and other places Where
food is prepared, stored or sold 430
Visits to other shops 159
Visits to factories 135
Visits to petrol installations 123
Visits in connection with housing and the
repair of dwelling-houses 1654
Visits in connection with the Rent Act 63
Visits in connection with the Clean Air Act 617
Appointments and special visits 331
Visits re infestations and disinfestations 22
Visits in connection with rodent control 2152
Summary of complaints.
Housing defects 84
Defective drainage 23
Defective dustbins 3
Offensive accumulations or smells 36
Insect pests 290
Rat or mouse infestations 278
Unsound food 10
Nuisances from the keeping of animals 2
Smoke, ash or grit nuisances 8
Other complaints 11
Total 745
HOUSING.
Sixteen houses which were reported to the
Council as being unfit for habitation ceased to be so
used and with one exception the 26 families living
therein were provided with other and improved accommodation.
By the end of the year fifty of the seventy-six
houses included in the Council's five-year programme of
1955 to deal with unfit dwellings in the district had
either been demolished or closed.
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