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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 my fourteenth Annual
Report on the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the year 1932 in connection with the various Statutes
and Byelaws relating to Public Health in force within the
Borough.
The total number of inspections made during the year
was 7,251, as compared with 8,133 during the year 1931.
On 500 premises sanitary defects to the number of
5,619 were discovered. Arising out of these defects, it was
found necessary to serve 405 "preliminary" and 26
"verbal" notices. In 71 instances the informal action did
not have the desired effect, and it was necessary to serve
"statutory " notices.
During the year under review, 544 fresh entries were
added to the Register of Sanitary Defects. In 590 cases
entries were cancelled following completion of necessary
works. On December 31st, 1932, 295 separate entries
remained under review, compared with 341 at the end of
1931.
This brief introductory statement provides summarised
results of the year's work in a limited form only and does
not include housing inspections. It is difficult to show by
statistics the very considerable amount of time which is
allocated year by year to interviews with members of the
public and owners of property. Nevertheless, this time may
be acknowledged to be well spent, if only because it has
produced a very desirable feeling of confidence between
ratepayers or property owners and your Corporation. It is
all to the good, especially having regard to present conditions,
that Sanitary Officers should have as complete an
understanding as possible of the difficulties which have to