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26.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF 1KB AREA
Inspection on Complaint
The number of complaints received at the office and recorded
in the register was 892 as compared with 984 for i960 and 1168 in
1959.
The total inspections made on complaint was 550 and the number
of defects or nuisances revealed was 673 which are analysed in the
following table. Informal notices were at once served on the owners
or occupiers of the premises concerned.
Nuisance from noise 15
Aged Persons 2
Nuisance from smoke, odour, dust and bonfires 44
Housing defects 40
Overcrowding 2
Obstructed sewers and drains 352
Defective sewers 11
Defective oraxns 5
Defective W,C.s 7
Infestation of insects, flies, ants, etc 27
Verminous Houses 1
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance 8
Offensive accumulations 25
Condition of food 20
Defective and/or insufficient dustbins 15
Water Supply 14
Flooding of gardens, houses, etc7
Shops 3
Nuisance from water courses 6
Wasps Infestations, Bees & Hornets 69
673