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INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
General inspections of the district have "been carried out periodically
and all complaints investigated.
The process of serving a preliminary or intimation notice upon the
person in default, specifying the works necessary to remedy the defects
found, is usually followed. It was found necessary to ask your authority
to serve seventy-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 767
Visits re: nuisance and sanitary defects 1314
Visits re: infectious diseases 248
Visits re: Petroleum Acts 131
Visits re: smoke observations 42
Visits re: factories 163
Visits re: outworkers' premises 22
Visits re: food manufactories, cafes etc 743
Visits re: ice cream and sampling 322
Visits re: overcrowding 7
Visits re: aged and infirm persons 47
Visits to inspect meat and other foods 669
Visits re: schools 6
Visits re: pollution of watercourses 51
Visits re: Tents, Caravans and Sheds 59
Visits re: Shops Acts 89
Visits re: keeping of animals 20
Visits re: Rodent Infestation 2275
Visits re: other infestations 54
Miscellaneous visits 98
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
Number of Informal Notices 175
Number of Statutory Notices 79
Informal Notices complied with 127
Statutory Notices complied with 63