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SANITARY SERVICES
Inspections
Public Health Act, 1936 587
Housing Act, 1936 804
Rag Flock and Other Pilling Material Act, 1951 4
Pet Animals1 Act, 1951 8
Factories and Outworkers 171
Food Preparing Premises 198
General Food Premises 680
Shops Act, 1950 57
Smoke Observations 46
Unsound Food 110
Complaints investigated 448
Interviews with owners, etc 185
Re-visits to property under notice 1,693
Infectious Disease cases 163
Food poisoning 56
Special enquiries in connection with infectious
disease cases 108
Aged and infirm persons 33
Miscellaneous 500
Pests Act 200
6, 051
Informal Notices served;
Shops Act 1 Complied with 1
Food & Drugs Act 12 " " 11
Public Health Act 257 " 197
Housing Act 73 " " 62
Factories Act 8 " 8
Pests Act 6 " " 5
Statutory Notices served
Public Health Act 10 " " 20
Housing Act 6 " " 10
Factories Act 1 " " 1
Hous ing Statistics
1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year;
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected 396
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts)
(b) Number of inspect ions made for the purpose 1491
(2) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation. 4
(3) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-head) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 79
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service
of formal Notices
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 259
14