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Smoke Control Areas:
Number of visits paid 8,723
Miscellaneous (visits paid):
Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) Order 19
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act 3
Pet Animals Act 17
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 4
Massage establishments 12
Infectious Disease:
Number of visits paid (including contacts) 945
Number of notices served:
Informal 380
Statutory 61
The main headings under which work was done may be noted as
follows:
Smoke Control Areas 8,723
General Sanitation 3,018
Inspection of Food and Premises 2,940
Housing 1,413
Infectious Diseases 945
Shops Act Inspections 433
Factories and Outworkers 249
Public Health Inspectors' Work.
The overall figures are of the same order as last year.
Analysis shows that smoke control area visits were up four times
with the consequent all round reduction in the other classes of visit, save
for infectious disease which rose to 945. (Largely brought about by the
repercussions of our Smallpox case).
Shops Act, 1950.
The number of shops on the register at the end of the year was 1,166.
56 notices were served during the year regarding contraventions
of the Act.
No legal proceedings were instituted during the year in connection
with this Act.