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in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects found, is
usually followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority to serve
fifty-nine Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with the
preliminary notice, or the strict legal procedure was necessary in the
first instance.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA.
The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:-
Visits re: Housing Acts 324
Visits re: nuisance and sanitary defects 1187
Visits re: infectious diseases 129
Visits re: Petroleum Acts 226
Visits re: factories 62
Visits re: outworkers' promises 25
Visits re: food manufactories, cafes etc. 378
Visits re: ice cream and sampling 23O
Visits re: overcrowding 24
Visits re: aged and infirm persons 80
Visits to inspect meat and other foods 574
Visits re: schools 9
Visits re: pollution of watercourses 159
Visits re: Tents, Caravans and Sheds 99
Visits re: Shops Acts 53
Visits re. keeping of animals 55
Visits re: Rodent Infestations 2293
Visits re: other infestations 118
Miscellaneous visits l8l
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
Number of Informal Notices 158
Number of Statutory Notices 59
Informal Notices complied with 135
Statutory Notices complied with 36
SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS.
The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and
formal notices served:-
Roofs repaired and made weatherproof 32
Gutters, downspouts repaired or renewed 23
Exterior brickwork repaired or re-pointed 11
Walls, dampness remedied 30
Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed 7
Yard surfaces repaired or re-paved 1
Ceilings repaired or renewed 32
Wall plaster repaired or renewed 26
Walls and ceilings cleansed and decorated 39
Floors repaired or renewed 16
Sub-floor ventilation rectified 3