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Report of the
Senior Sanitary Inspector
1. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31st DECEMBER, 1950
Seven thousand two hundred and ninety-one inspections were
made by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1950 in respect of
the following matters:—
Public Health Act
Houses inspected for nuisances 907
Office premises 11
Verminous premises 84
Other insects 152
Ponds, ditches, watercourses 55
Tents, vans, sheds, caravans 95
Yards, passages, car parks 109
Animals, pigs, poultry 96
Dustbins 486
Accumulations of refuse 105
Drains, tested and inspected 975
Other nuisances 46
Infectious Disease
Enquiries 274
Hospital discharges 6
Food and Drugs Act
Restaurants, Cafes and Canteens 188
Butchers' shops 93
Fish shops 50
Fried fish shops 10
Greengrocers 18
Grocers 148
Bakehouses 70
Cowsheds and dairies 10
Slaughtering and meat inspections 13
Ice cream shops, premises and vehicles 450
Hawkers 3
Other food premises 47
Unsound food 290
Sampling
Ice cream samples 279
Milk samples 8
Water samples 58
Other foods 4
Total carried forward 5,140
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