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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION:- Number of persons who wore
receiving children for reward at the end of the year .. . 2
Number of children so received 2
" " Protection Visitors, Health Visitors ...10
" " " " Others1
Visits made by above to Homes of Foster Mothers 11
" " " " " " " " Children 16
Proceedings taken during the year under part XIII of.
the Public Health (London) Acty-1936 Sect. 239 (a) Nil.
SALUTARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF AREA:-. The following is a
summary of the inspections carried out by the nine District
Sanitary Inspectors:-
To houses and other premises (Complaints, Nuisances,
Infectious Diseases, Restaurants, Lodging Houses, etc.)
5825
Miscellaneous Inspections 6178
To factories and other premises under'Factories
Act 1£50
Number of re-visits 3975
" 1 Intimations Served 1748
" " Statutory Notices 186
" " Sui.imonses taken out-1
" " Visits to air raid shelters 2570
" '' Visits to Rest and Feeding Centres 109
A summary of sanitary work carried out as a result of
notices served is as follows:-
Repair to roofs, gutters and rain water pipes 519
Cleansing or repairs to drains, Water Closets, Sinks,
baths and lavatory wastes 926
Miscellaneous repairs 795
Dampness in premises remedied and rooms cleansed . 780
Drains tested 223 of which 16 were defective 223
Transfer of Sanitary Inspectors to Town Clerk's Deportment
On 15th November 4 Sanitary Inspectors were transferred
to the Town Clerk's department to assist in the work
concerned with repair to war damage! properties
Oi. 1st December another 4 Sanitary Inspectors were
similarly transferred.
Whilst so temporarily engaged these officers are designated
District Technical lr?opectors.
HOUSING.
Number of houses inspected for housing defects 10594
inspections made for such purposes 12016
" " houses not reasonably fit 1828
houses rendered fit informally 1679
" " houses in respect of which notices were
served 1246
" " houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notice 191
" " bombed properties inspected 40474
Special survey of the above 35692
OVERCROWDING. May 1936 to Dec. 1941.
Houses in which the rooms were measured and the
permitted number ascertained 7565
Number of visits to the above 9214
" " houses in which the information has been
supplied to owners and occupiers 7Q91
INSPECTION iiND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Total number of inspections and re-inspections made by
the four Inspectors engaged in the supervision and
inspection of food amount to 7538.
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