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Apart from houses visited in connection with overcrowding
the total number of premises visited by the Sanitary Inspectors under
the various Acts, etc., in operation was 1,509, the total number of visits
paid being 5,669. Particulars of visits made in connection with
overcrowding and other visits not included in Table IX are as follows:—
Overcrowding survey, 2,075 ; visits in relation to the management of
Council houses, 379 ; for other purposes, 255.
In addition to the above work undertaken by the Sanitary
Inspectors, the Disinfecting Officer visited 123 premises for the
purpose of disinfection after cases of infectious disease, and he carried
out the disinfestation of 4 verminous premises. He was also engaged
in the following work in connection with drainage:—Drain testing,
17; cleansing, 1.
Legal Proceedings.
The owner of a house having failed to comply with a Closing
Order made on the 15th January, 1936 in respect of the basement part
of a house, by allowing such part of the house to continue to be used
for human habitation legal proceedings were taken against him.
The proceedings resulted in a fine of 40s. and costs. The basement
has since been vacated and is still unoccupied.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
Factories, Workshops, and Home-workers.
The work carried out in connection with the inspection of factories,
workshops and home-workers is summarised in tabular form below.
The numbers of these premises on the Council's Register at the end of
the year were:—Factories 98, workshops and workplaces 129, homeworkers
8.
The number of factories, workshops, workplaces and home-workers'
premises visited, and the number of visits of inspection made to each
are given in Table IX, on page 19.
Two notifications were received during the year from H.M.
Inspector of Factories as regards matters remediable under the Public
Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
Sec. 101. The matters complained of were remedied and a report
sent to H.M. Inspector.