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Sanitary Services
Summary of Visits, 1950:—
Inspections re complaints received 856
Re-visits in connection therewith 3,996
Visits to Food Premises (including butchers, bakehouses,
cafes, restaurants, fish shops and dairies) 1,610
Inspections re Shop Acts, 1912/34 214
Inspections re Factories 365
Visits re housing conditions and overcrowding (applicants
for housing accommodation) 261
Visits re Infectious Diseases 2,157
Visits re Places of Public Entertainment 40
Visits re Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919 1,576
Miscellaneous Visits 4,744
15,819
Service of Notices:—
Total informal sanitary notices served 488
Total informal dustbin notices served 208
Total informal notices served 696
Total informal notices complied with 771
Total statutory notices served 103
Total statutory notices complied with 113
Repairs to Houses:—
Information as to housing defects continues to come to the
Sanitary Inspectors mainly as a result of complaints by occupiers.
During the year under review, repairs were carried out at 510
houses following inspections and service of notices by the
Inspectors. In 103 instances it was found necessary to follow up
Intimation Notices with the service of Statutory Notices under the
Public Health Act, 1936, or Housing Acts, 1936/49, in order to
secure execution of the necessary repairs.
In the case of four houses, legal proceedings had to be
instituted by the Council against the owners to enforce compliance
with Statutory Notices. In each instance a Court Order was
obtained, with costs against the owner. The repairs were
subsequently executed by the owners. Following service upon the
owners of Statutory Notices under Section 9, Housing Act, 1936,
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