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(f) The waters are not liable to plumbo-solvent action.
(g) No contamination has risen, therefore no action has been
necessary.
(h) The following are the average dwelling houses supplied during
1964—34,981. In connection with the population, we can only
give you the official figure up to 30th June, 1964, which is
115,610.
(ii) Sanitary inspection of the Area
(a) Complaints
During the year 2,189 complaints were received and recorded.
7,661 visits were made to investigate these complaints,
and, where necessary, notices were served to abate nuisances
or remedy defects.
(b) TABLE 10
NATURE AND NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS DURING
THE YEAR
Accumulations and Refuse Deposits 189
Bakehouses 23
Butchers' Shops and Stalls, etc. 164
Canteens (School and Factories) 61
Cesspools 16
Clean Air Act General 161
Clean Air Act Smoke Control Areas 2,097
Clean Air Act Smoke Observations 52
Clean Air Act Atmospheric Pollution 1,024
Common Lodging Houses 4
Dairies and Milkshops 10
Drains, relaid and altered 409
Drainage—obstructed or defective 667
Drains—tested and inspected 428
Disinfections and Disinfestations 8
Diseases of Animals Act 2
Dustbins 17
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