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Inspections under the Housing and Public Health Acts.
Total inspections 8,513
Nuisances discovered on 373 of the premises 760
Defects abated by the end of the year 690
Outstanding defects at the end of the year 66
Action deferred until after the War 4
Visits paid to ascertain that the defects were being
properly remedied 967
Inspections made under the Housing Acts 3
Sanitary defects remedied, and improvements made in
accordance with the above 23
Shops Acts.
Number of shops on register at the end of the year 698
Special visits made 5
Changes of occupancy 20
Factories Act 1937.
Factories on the register at the end of the year.
Mechanical 1ll
Non-Mechanical 62
Inspections made 57
Written notices served 6
Defects found 14
Defects (a) remedied 14
Defects (b) in abeyance Nil
Service of Notices.
Informal Notices Served 180
Statutory or Formal Notices Served 66
Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after
service of Formal Notice under the Housing Act—
(a) By Owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil