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Report of the
Chief Sanitary Inspector
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Twelfth Annual
Report on the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the year 1930 in connection with the various Statutes
and Bye-laws relating to Public Health in force within the
Borough.
The total number of inspections made during the year
was 7,312, as compared with 7,879 during the year 1929.
On 636 premises sanitary defects to the number of
3,205 were discovered. Arising out of these defects, it
was found necessary to serve 536 "preliminary" and 26
"verbal" notices. In 55 instances the informal action
did not have the desired effect, and it was necessary to
serve " statutory " notices.
During the year under review no less than 683 fresh
entries were added to the Register of Sanitary Defects,
this being an increase of 154 compared with the previous
year. In 657 cases entries were cancelled following completion
of necessary works. On December 31st, 1930,
335 separate entries remained under review compared with
310 at the end of 1929.
Despite the increase of 154 in the number of entries
in the register during 1930 over and above the total
number for the previous year, it is worthy of note that at
the end of the year the number of records outstanding was
only 25 above the corresponding figure for the previous
year.
In order to keep down the number of outstanding
entries of premises under review to the lowest possible
figure, frequent re-inspections are made, but no entry is
crossed off until the notices have been complied with.