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Sanitary Inspection of District:—The following is a
statement showing the number and nature of inspections made,
the number of informal and statutory notices served, with
the result of such notices, for the year 1925, as reported by
the Sanitary Inspector.
Reason of Visit. No.
Infectious Disease 669
House Inspections 1,842
House to House Inspections 2,920
Rent Act Inspections 165
Houses Let in Lodgings; Inspections 125
Inspection of factories, Workshops, Workplaces
and Out-workers' Premises 388
Common Lodging Houses; Inspections 10
Dairies and Cowsheds; Inspections 31
Inspection under Shop Acts 857
Application of Test to Drains 230
Inspections under Diseases of Animals Acts 152
Obtaining Samples of Food and Drugs 11
Miscellaneous (including Inspections of
Food, slaughter-houses, mews, stables,
caravans, Petroleum Acts, water supply,
piggeries, mosquitoes, etc.) 1,200
8,600
One thousand two hundred and ninety-four preliminary or
informal notices were served in respect of 1,155 houses.
One hundred and seventy-three statutory notices were
served in respect of 141 houses.
The necessary work was executed in all but 132 eases, which
were not completed by the end of the year. In 38 of these, the
work was actually in hand at the close of the year.
Table III. gives a summary of the nuisances abated, and
sanitary improvement carried out under the supervision of the
Inspectorial Staff.