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future appointment. Where great difficulty is experienced
by the Sanitary Inspector in getting persons to accept
treatment, the facts are reported to the Medical Officer of
Health.
5. The normal sessions of the clinic are mornings at 9.15 a.m.,
and afternoons at 2 p.m. Treatments are given by
appointment in order to avoid congestion. Evening
treatments are given by appointment for the convenience
of war workers. Treatment may be arranged on Saturday
afternoons or evenings, or on Sundays, but in the interests
of fuel economy this is avoided as far as possible.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA.
Inspections.
The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by
the Sanitary Inspectors :—
Number of dwelling-houses inspected 2,250
Miscellaneous inspections 1,271
Re-inspections 6,648
Places of entertainment 13
Schools 41
Stables 69
Urinals 304
Inspections under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 3,481
Visits in connection with infectious disease 300
Factories without mechanical power 18
Factories with mechanical power 361
Outworkers' premises 224
Rag and bone dealers 6
Foster-mothers' premises 9
Hairdressers' premises 80
Public Houses 66
Offices 8
Offensive Trades 401
Piggeries 3