Table: APPENDIX BSummary of inspections and visits
APPENDIX B
Summary of inspections and visits
| Subject of visit or inspection | No. of visits or inspections | No. of cases, nuisances or defects remsdied |
|---|
| PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS. 1956 and 1961 | | |
| In connection with notices served | 680 | 472 |
| Re-inspections, work in progress etc. | 677 | |
| Drainage | 822 | 749 |
| Rodent and insect control | 1,226 | 727 |
| Infectious disease | 65 | 4 |
| River pollution | 15 | 3 |
| Noise nuisance | 14 | 7 |
| Swimming pools | 11 | |
| Hairdressing premises | 25 | 2 |
| Places of entertainment/licensed premises | 33 | 11 |
| Schools | 21 | 3 |
| Infestations from reservoirs | 16 | 8 |
| Pigstyes, stables, watercourses and ditches | 36 | 5 |
| Public conveniences | 509 | 31 |
| Street cleansing | 98 | 29 |
| Gully cleansing | 32 | 18 |
| Refuse collection and disposal | 121 | 76 |
| Flooding of gardens, houses, etc. | 24 | 12 |
| Inadequate and defective water supplies | 6 | 4 |
| Nuisances caused by offensive accumulations | 35 | 27 |
| " " " the keeping of animals | 10 | 5 |
| " " " pigeons | 55 | 6 |
| Verminous houses | 4 | 1 |
| HOUSING ACTS. 1954. 1957. 1959 and 1961 | | |
| Dwelling houses inspections | 263 | 203 |
| " " re-inspections | 302 | |
| Improvement Grant work | 75 | 19 |
| Overcrowding | 15 | 5 |
| Rent Act, 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair | 4 | 1 |
| SHOPS ACT. 1950 | | |
| General sanitation and working conditions | 189 | 23 |
| Hours of closing | 143 | 5 |
| Employment of young persons | 112 | 7 |
| Carried forward | 5,638 | 2,463 |
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