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76
(a) Inspections.
The number ol' inspections of all classes 23,617
(i) Housing.
House-to-house —
Under Public Health Act 5,304
Re-inspections 1,683
Housing Act, 1936 173
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances.
Yards and Passages 4
Draining and Sanitary Accommodation 691
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) 9
Workplaces and Outworkers -
Caravans 18
Re Offensive Fumes —
Billets and Posts -
Miscellaneous 374
War Damage 13,715
(iii) Food Supply.
Slaughterhouses 1
Dairies 16
Food Premises .625
Bakehouses 6
Rc Sampling 490
Food Control 36
Food Decontamination —
(iv) Infectious Disease.
Visits 472
(b) Notices.—The number of notices served during the year
totalled 2;no of which 71 were statutory notices. The
number of notices complied with in the same period
was 379.
(c) Rat Extermination.—The Council has continued its
policy of providing a free service to householders.
Investigations of complaints have in most cases revealed
defective drainage, usually caused by enemy action.
Essential repairs were executed immediately defects
were found.
The services of the official ratcatchers were supplemented
during the year by the employmentof an
additional ratcatcher at the Corporation'sSewage