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Other Emergency Duties
The enforcement of Food Control Orders and Defence Regulations
was undertaken in part by the Inspectors. Many other emergency
duties were carried out by the Inspectorate and one fools bound to
record one's appreciation of their readiness at all times of the
day and night to undertake. emergency duties to maintain healthy
envirenimental conditions. No statistical Information has been
included, in those notes on emergency duties.
The Report upon the normal work of the Section follows, but it
has not been found, possible to prepare the Report as in previous
years, and only .statistical information is submitted herein.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES .
Sanitary Inspection.
Details of the activities of the inspectorate in general sanitary
administration are contained in the. subjoined statements
(a) Inspections.
The number of inspections of all classes 18920
(i) Housing:-
House-to-house 302
' Under Public Health Act 2243
Other visits 1194
Re-inspections 9420
(ii) Sanitary .Cireumstanes.
Yards and Passages 308
Draining and Sanitary Accommodation 397
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) 61
Workplaces and Outworkers 188
Caravans 44
Re Offensive Fumes 5
Billets and Posts 318
Miscellaneous 706
War Damage 316
(iii) Food Supply.
Slaughterhouses 68
Dairies 51
Food Premises 1581
Bakehouses 75
Re sampling 589
Food Control 221
(iv.) Infectious Disease:-
Visits 833
(b) Notices.
The number of notices served during the year totalled 1931 of
which 249 were statutory notices. The number of notices
complied with in the same period was 2432.
34.