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SANITARY SERVICES
Summary of Visits.
Visits re housing defects (Public Health Act, 1936) 3,046
Visits re housing defects (Housing Act, 1957) 718
Visits re drainage and building works 245
Visits re dustbins (Public Health Act, 1936) 31
Visits re housing conditions and overcrowding
(applications for housing accommodation) 144
Visits re Rent Act, 1957 126
Visits re food premises (including butchers, bakehouses,
confectioners, restaurants, grocers and
fish shops) 1,485
Visits re milk and ice-cream sampling 150
Visits re food hawkers 29
Visits re factories 116
Visits re Shops Act, 1950 666
Visits re Infectious Diseases 723
Visits re Clean Air Act 2,888
Visits re Smoke Observations 52
Visits re Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 1,131
Visits re Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 14
Visits re places of public entertainment 41
Visits re other matters 3,662
15,267
Service of Notices.
Informal Notices served:
re Housing Repairs 397
re Dustbins 19
re Food Premises 80
re Shops and Factories 77
Total Informal Notices served 573
Total Informal Notices complied with 558
Total Statutory Notices served 45
Total Statutory Notices complied with 44
Repairs to Houses.
Considerable work has been carried out by the Public Health
Inspectors during the year in connection with repairs to houses.
Their efforts have resulted in repairs being carried out at 410
houses, the repairs varying from those of a major character to
minor repairs necessary to abate specific nuisances.
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