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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Inspections:
Number of primary inspections made:-
(a) On Complaint 1,625
(b) Routine 758
(c) In connection with infectious disease 90
Total 2,473
Number of reinspections 2,958
Total number of inspections and reinspections 5,431
Action taken other than Housing Act, 19365
Cautionary or intimation notices served 719
Statutory Notices issued (under Public Health Acts) 42
Summonses served 10
Number of certificates under Rent etc. (Restrictions)
Acts issued to tenants 2
Number of Clearance Certificates issued to owners 1
The following list shows the number of defects remedied as a
result of notices served during the year:-
Choked drains, unstopped 62
Chimney stacks, repaired and made good 11
Ceilings, repaired and made good 128
Dustbins, supplied 24
Dampness in walls, remedied 400
Fresh air inlets, repair or renewed 13
Firegrates, cooking stoves, repaired or renewed 98
Floors, joists and staircases repaired or renewed 107
Guttenngs repaired or renewed or cleaned out 89
Inspection covers and frames renewed 6
Leaky roofs and skylights repaired 297
Miscellaneous items 155
Plaster to walls, repaired and made good 269
Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed 36
Soil pipe ventilators repaired or renewed 5
Sinks, replaced 12
Seats to W.C.'s, repaired or renewed 21
Waste water preventors repaired or renewed 36
Waste pipes, repaired or renewed 20
Walls and ceilings cleansed or redecorated 310
Window frames, sash cords, sills repaired or renewed l8l
W.C.'s replaced 31
Yard paving, repaired and made good 16
Total 2,327
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