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Report of the
Senior Sanitary Inspector
1. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31st DECEMBER, 1952.
Six thousand and six inspections were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year 1952 in respect of the following matters :
Public Health Act
Houses inspected for nuisances 634
Office premises 4
Verminous premises 21
Other insects 73
Ponds, ditches, watercourses 32
Tents, vans, sheds, caravans 341
Yards, passages, car parks 174
Animals, pigs, poultry 150
Dustbins 59
Accumulations of refuse 51
Drains, tested and inspected 1,097
Other nuisances 38
Infectious Disease
Enquiries 248
Hospital discharges 4
Food and Drugs Act
Restaurants, Cafes and Canteens 161
Butchers' shops 103
Fish shops 115
Fried fish shops 30
Greengrocers 42
Grocers 240
Bakehouses 34
Cowsheds and dairies 17
Ice cream shops, premises and vehicles 181
Cooked meat shops 8
Other food premises 36
Unsound food 338
Sampling
Ice cream samples 108
Milk samples 21
Water samples 75
Total carried forward 4,435
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