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Summary of visits and inspections
Visits to premises after complaint 1,175
Visits to properties under notice
and work in progress 3,525
Total visits and inspections 10,457
Summary of wrorks executed In consequence of visites
Drains unstopped and repaired 7
Complete drainage reconstructions
Water supply cisterns repaired
Draw taps from main provided
Gutters repaired 8
Roofs repaired 17
W.C. apartments repaired or rebuilt 1
W.C's repaired 6
Dustbins provided 4
Damp walls remedied 12
Ventilation provided
Rooms stripped and cleansed 98
Offensive accumulations removed 11
Other works carried out 497
Overcrowding.. Housing Act 1936
(a) (i) Number of dwellings
crowded at the end of the year 56
(ii) Number of families dwelling
therein 56
(iii) Number of persons dwelling
therein 422½
(b) Number of new cases of
overcrowding reported during
the. year 4
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding
relieved during
the year 4
(ii) Number of persons concerned
in such cases 20
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS
In accordance with the usual practice regular
inspection was made of the swimming baths during the summer
season and samples of water taken for bacteriological
examination.
DISINFESTATION
Eradication of Bed Bugs
(1) Number of Council Houses:-
(a) Pound to be infested 2
(b) Disinfosted 2
(2) Numbor of other houses:-
(a) Found to bo infested 58
(b) Disinfested 58
The methods of disinfestation employed were as set
out in previous reports. During the year under review the
insecticide solution used was "Zaldecide ."
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