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31
Report of the
Chief Sanitary Inspector
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my sixteenth Annual
Report on the work carried out by your Sanitary Inspectors
during the year 1934 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 7,603 as compared with 7,718 during the year 1933.
On 543 premises sanitary defects to the number of
3,927 were discovered. Arising out of these defects, it
was found necessary to serve 410 "preliminary" and 25
" verbal " notices. In 60 instances the informal action did
not have the desired effect, and it was necessary to serve
" statutory " notices.
During the year under review, 596 fresh entries were
added to the Register of Sanitary Defects. In 526 cases
entries were cancelled following completion of necessary
works. On December 31st, 1934, 414 separate entries
remained under review, compared with 344 at the end of
1933.
During 1934, 620 enquiries under the Land Charges
Act 1925, respecting property in the Borough, were received
from the Town Clerk's Department and replied to. The
corresponding figure for 1933 was 352.
This brief introductory statement contains statistics
which, unless they were amplified later in the report, would
not reflect adequately the work carried out during the year.