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Sanitary inspection: The following is a summary of
inspections carried out by the district sanitary inspectors
during the year.
Bakehouses 43
Complaints 9,633
Canteens 65
Drainage 4,177
House-to-House 252
Houses-let-in-Lodgings 771
Housing Act investigations 1,704
Infectious Diseases and Contacts 657
Lodging Houses: Common 87
Seamen's 129
Markets (week-end) 35
Offensive Trades 283
Pharmacy and Poisons Act 168
Rent Restrictions Acts 250
Restaurants and Eating Houses 195
Shops Act, 1934 494
Smoke nuisance observations 209
Essentiality Certificates and
Building Licences-surveys 2,231
Factories: Mechanical 1,313
Non-mechanical 271
Outworkers 178
Workplaces 108
Miscellaneous 5,544
Revisits 11,126
Intimation Notices served 5,529
Statutory Notices served 1,332
Legal Proceedings taken 27
Drainage. A summary of the drainage work carried out
under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors will be
found on page 22. 968 drains were tested, of which 192 were
found to be defective.
Aged and Infirm Persons. Many requests were made during
the year asking be to take action to secure the compulsory
removal of diseased or infirm persons to hospitals or
institutions. Suoh persons are usually persuaded to enter
an institution, but in 3 cases it became necessary for me to
apply to a Magistrate for an Order to have then removed
under Section 224 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
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