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commercial balance sheet. The credit balance of public
health is indicated by continued improvement in the
hygienic condition of the town, by better environment,
higher standard of housing and a safe food supply.
Kingston may justly lay claim to each of these attributes.
The comparatively few areas of low standard houses,
together with those individual properties recommended for
demolition, are being dealt with in accordance with the
housing programme approved by the Corporation. Up to
the end of 1933 no appeals had been entered against action
taken by the Corporation in respect of individual houses
under the Housing Acts. This is due probably to the
policy of helpful co-operation which the Corporation
extends to owners of property, rather than the strictly
formal procedure laid down by the statutes. This freedom
from the need to resort to legal action applies to business
premises also so far as action under the Public Health Acts
is concerned.
For convenience of reference the inspections and visits
are set out in the following tabular form:—
INSPECTIONS AND VISITS.