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SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.
1.—Complaints.
During the year 238 complaints were received with respect
to the following matters, viz.:— £
Choked and defective drains.44
Insanitary or dilapidated condition of houses and premises40
Offensive accumulations or deposits35
Cesspools overflowing18
Rats 11
Other nuisances90
Total 238
2.—INSPECTION OF District. —
Number of houses and premises inspected (ordinary) 847
,, houses inspected and particulars recorded
(Housing Act, 1930)60
,, houses and premises re-inspected672
,, ,, miscellaneous visits326
,, food inspections 2133
,, visits to slaughter-houses 1,955
,, ,, ,, dairies, cowsheds and milk-shops 90
,, ,, ,, ,, bakehouses, factories and workshops 46
,, re water supplies 11
,, ,, re cases of infectious disease 248
,, ,, ,, re offensive trades 102
,, ,, re petroleum stores 138
,, smoke observations and visits to works 13
,, inspections of tents and vans 428
,, ,, public urinals inspected 96
,, ,, verminous premises inspected 28
,, premises disinfected 204
,, ,, inspections under the Shops Acts 191
(Housing Act, 1935: overcrowding)
—excluding preliminary survey 3,194
Total 10,782
3.—Notices Served. served. Complied with. Outstanding.
Informal notices 204 190 14
Statutory notices—
Section 41, Public Health
Act, 1875 2 2 —
Section 46, Public Health
Act, 1875 1 1 —
Section 94, Public Health
Act, 1875 9 7 2
Section 17, Housing Act,
1930 3 1 2
[Work carried
out in default ]
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