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73.
ANNUAL REPORT 1957
Inspections
The number of Inspections of all classes 25,676
(1) Housing:-
Public Health Ac 5,087
Re-Inspections 7,831
Housing Act, 1957 2,587
Clean Air Act 45
Rent Act, 1967 1,334
(11) Sanitary Circumstances
Yards and Passages 90
Drainage and sanitary accommodation 2,073
Drainage tests 84
Caravans 251
Offensive smells 7
Miscellaneous 901
Factories (excluding bakehouses) 379
Workplaces and Outworkers 377
Places of Public Entertainment 218
(111) Food Supply
Milk and Dairy premises 97
Ice cream premises 358
Food premises, general and unsound food 1,489
Cafes and Restaurants 298
Bakehouses 85
Itinerant food vendors and stalls 396
Sampling 545
Slaughterhouses 291
(lv) Diseases of Animals Acts
Visits 33
(v) Pet Animals Acts
Visits 38
(vl) Infectious Diseases
Visits 476
(vll) Food Poisoning
Visits 13
B. NOTICES
The number of Notices served during the year totalled 1,994 of which 650 were Statutory Notices.
The number of Notices compiled with in the same period was 1,352 Including 521 Statutory Notices.
Complaints made to the Department with regard to sanitary circumstances, disrepair, Infestations, obstructed
drains etc., totalled 2,230
C. RODENT CONTROL
The number of complaints received in respect of rat and mice Infestation totalled 292 and 343 premises
were Inspected in detail. The rodent operative made 1,595 visits.
D. DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
431 premises were treated as appropriate in respect of Infectious disease, bugs and dirty premises,
and where circumstances warranted, help was given by the department for beetle Infestation. Hie steam
disinfector was In operation on 81 days for dlslnfestatlon of clothing and bedding. Library books were
disinfected before return to the libraries from households where infectious disease etc. had occurred.
Similarly all articles returned to the Health Department loan cupboard by ailing or disabled persons were
sterilised or disinfected.