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The following is a tabular statement of the work carried out by the
Sanitary Inspectors1 Section:-
Houses inspected following Infectious Disease 972
Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) 1,758
11 Factories (Without Mechanical Power)150
" Unfit Houses re closing orders under Public Health Act 1936 28
W or kp 1 ac es 122
" Bakehouses oo. 250
Dairies 316
" Offices (as workplaces).P.H.A., 1936 -
Outworkers
Squatter Camps 48
" Cellar Dwellings, Underground Rooms, Etc -
Slaughter Houses 188
" Scheduled Offensive Trades 2l6
Fish Fryers 000 399
" Other Noxious Trades 100
Registered Hairdressers and Barbers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 49 86
" " Premises wherein Food is manufactured, W.H.C.A. Sec. 67.. 623
" " 11 occupied by Vendors of Food, W.H.C.A., Sec.66. 1,088
,f Cafe and Restaurant Kitchens, etc., Food and Drugs Act, 1938 421
11 Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, W.H.C.A., Sec. 66, and P.H.A. 1936 735
" Ice Cream sampling for bacteriological examination 84
11 Other Pood Purveyors 2,863
Investigations re food poisoning 36
Burial Act. 1857, Sec, 25, Exhumation of Human Remains 3
Visits to Shops (Shops Act, 1934) 42
Advisory visits under Town & Country Planning 383
Visits re Overcrowding Provisions of Housing Acts 755
Drainage Inspections3,565
House to House Inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts *+28
Visits under Rats and Mice Destruction Act 376
" " Increase of Rent Restriction, etc., Acts 63
" " Bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds 28
Visits to Private Houses to Investigate Complaints 9,902
Houses Inspected under the Housing Act, 193o, re Closing and Demolition Orders
or Reconstructions or re Schedules of Evidence 238
Smoke Observations 205
Visits to Factories re Smoke 89
" re Mosquito Control - wells, streams etc, 254
" to Places of Public Amusement, Theatres. Music Halls, Cinemas, etc.,
(Ministry of Health Circular 120 of 1920) 26
Visits to Licensed Premises 136
Other Visits, specifying them 6ll
Re—Inspections 29,501
Total Visits 57,096
Food Samples Taken (Winkles) 1
Samples taken under Rag Flock Act 2
Samples taken of Domestic Water Supplies taken for Analysis or Bacteriological
Examination 2
No. of Notices Served 7,496
Warning Letters sent re matters not dealt with by Notice -
Defective Houses dealt with -
Other Defective or Insanitary Conditions dealt with -
Drain Tests carried out 415
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc 80
No. of Notices complied with - (1) By Owner 6,497
" " " " " (2) By Occupier 40
Summonses.lssuedo 378
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