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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Sanitary Inspection.
Details of the work of the inspectors in general sanitary
administration are contained in the following statements:—
(a) Inspections.
The number of inspections of all classes 33,201
(i) Housing.
House-to-house —
Under Public Health Act 8,034
Re-inspections 17,518
Housing Act, 1936 1,808
(ii) Sanitary Circumstances.
Yards and Passages 229
Drainage and Sanitary Accommodation 1,712
Factories (excluding Bakehouses) 434
Workplaces and Outworkers 420
Caravans 4
Re Offensive Fumes 20
Miscellaneous 485
(iii) Food Supply.
Slaughterhouses —
Dairies 79
Food Premises 1,575
Bakehouses 72
Re Sampling 313
(iv) Infectious Disease.
Visits 498
(b) Notices.—The number of notices served during the year
totalled 5,339 of which 666 were statutory notices. The
number of notices complied within the same period was
5,229.
Complaints made to the Department with regard to
sanitary circumstances, disrepair, infestations, obstructed
drains, etc., totalled 3,779.
(c) Rat Extermination.—Following upon last year's survey of
the whole of the Borough with its intensive attack on the
rodent population of the Borough, further satisfactory
results can be reported. During the year 341 complaints