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SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.
1.-Complaints.
During the year 245 complaints were received with respect
to the following matters, viz.:—
Choked and defective drains 29
Insanitary or dilapidated condition of houses and premises78
Offensive accumulations or deposits19
Cesspools overflowing4
Rats 8
Other nuisances 107
Total 245
2.—Inspectionof District.
Number of houses and premises inspected (ordinary)1,633
„ „ houses inspected and particulars recorded
(Housing Act, 1936) 108
„ „ houses and premises re-inspected 1,611
„ „ miscellaneous visits 485
„ food inspections 4,507
„ „ visits to slaughter-houses4,152
„ „ „ „ dairies, cowsheds and milk-shops93
„ „ „ „ bakehouses, factories and workshops79
„ „ re water supplies47
„ „ „ re cases of infectious disease434
„ „ „ re offensive trades 82
„ „ re petroleum stores 108
„ „ smoke observations and visits to works19
„ inspections of tents and vans185
„ „ public urinals inspected 157
„ „ verminous premises inspected 32
„ „ premises disinfected198
„ „ inspections under the Shops Acts825
„ „ (Housing Act, 1936 : overcrowding)2,661
Total 17,416
3.—Notices Served. Served. Complied
with.
standing.
Informal notices 385 367 18
Statutory notices—
Section 93, Public Health
Act, 1936 4 4 —
Section 9 Housing Act,
1936 5 5 —
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