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SANITARY SERVICES
Summary of Visits.
Inspections re complaints received 1,082
Visits in connection therewith 4,002
Visits to food premises (including butchers, bakehouses,
cafes, restaurants, grocers and fish shops) 2,082
Inspections re Shops Act, 1950 674
Inspection re Factories 126
Visits re housing conditions and overcrowding (applications
for housing accommodation) 44
Visits re infectious diseases 603
Visits re places of public entertainment 40
Visits re Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 673
Visits re smoke observations 46
Miscellaneous visits 3,402
12,774
Service of Notices.
Total of Informal Notices served:
re Housing repairs 378
re Dustbins 131
re Food premises 332
re Shops and factories 111
Total Informal Notices served 952
Total Informal Notices complied with 862
Total Statutory Notices served 73
Total Statutory Notices complied with 70
Repairs to Houses.
During the year under review, the Public Health Inspectors
have been actively engaged on work in connection with repairs to
houses. Their efforts have resulted in repairs being carried out at
421 houses, the repairs varying from those of a major character to
minor repairs necessary to abate specific nuisances.
The repairs referred to above were carried out mainly as a
result of informal action on the part of the Inspectors. Only in 59
instances was it found necessary to follow-up 'informal notices by
the service of Statutory Notices.
Non-compliance with four of the above-mentioned Statutory
Notices necesitated legal proceedings being instituted against the
respective owners. Nuisance Orders were made by the Court in
respect of all these and the necessary repairs were subsequently
carried out.
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