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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
twenty-eight Statutory Notices, where persons failed to comply with the preliminary
notice, or the strict legal prooedure 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 90
Visits re: nuisance and sanitary defects 1 ,535
Visits re: noise 79
Visits re: infectious diseases 247
Visits re: Petroleum Acts 93
Visits re: factories 24
Visits re: outworkers' premises 2
Visits re: food manufactories, cafes, etc 544
Visits re: ice cream and sampling 160
Visits re: aged and infirm persons 18
Visits to inspect meat and other foods 557
Visits re: schools 3
Visits re: pollution of watercourses 15
Visits re: Clean Air Act.1 ,148
Visits re: Riding Establishments 5
Visits re: Shops Acts 34
Visits re: Tents, Caravans and Sheds 67
Visits re: keeping of animals 14
Visits re: rodent infestations 1 ,528
Visits re: other infestations 511
Miscellaneous visits 104
NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
Number of Informal Notices 141
Number of Statutory Notices 133
Informal Notices complied with 111
Statutory Notices complied with 126
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 19
Gutters, downspouts repaired and renewed 8