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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA
Report of the Chief Public Health Inspector under
Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers (Outside London)
Regulations 1935-1951
(Pages 9 to 37 )
RECORD OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES SERVED
Visits
Special Inspections; interviews and advisory visits 1,366
Reinspectlon visits 2,781
Visits to works in progress 350
" Factories/Workplaces 565
" Bakehouses 13
" Outworkers premises 81
" Butchers/Grocers/Greengrocers/Flshmongers etc. 927
" Dairies/Milk Purveyors 27
" Ice Cream Premises (Manufacture and sale of) 128
" Restaurant/Cafe Kitchens, Dining Rooms etc. 91
" School/Industrial Canteen Kitchens 40
" Stables/Passages/Plggerles and Ditches 33
" Premises in connection with rodent control 5,220
" Cinemas/Theatres/Halls 11
" Hairdressers and Barbers Premises 40
" School and Public Conveniences 26
" Verminous Premises 32
" Shops under the Shops Act 489
" Licenced Public Houses 11
" Hospitals - spraying of kitchens 17
Visits re infectious Diseases 95
" Food Poisoning Enquiries
" Overcrowding and permitted numbers 143
" Food and Drugs sampling 258
" Sampling of milk and water (Bacteriological) 113
" Sampling of ice cream (Bacteriological) 155
" Merchandise Marks Acts 297
" Rag Flock Act 3
" Pet Animals Act 7
" Heating Appliances (Flregiard Regulations) 18
" Atmospheric Pollution Gauges/Smoke observations 61
Miscellaneous visits 1,356
Total 14,754
Number of complaints received and investigated 453
Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered 1,426
Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects under the
Public Health or Housing Acts 175
Number of defects or nuisances discovered 2,034
" " " remedied 1,317
" " "in hand 160
" " " outstanding 557
Number of informal notices served 746
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