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STATISTICAL TABLE
For the period from 1st January, 1953 to 31st December, 1953.
Visits to private houses to investigate complaints 6,795
House to House inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts 70
Houses inspected Under the Housing Act 1936, re Closing & Demolition Orders or
Reconstruction or re Schedules of Evidence 92
Houses inspected following infectious disease 49
Investigations of cases of notifiable infectious disease 599
Visits under Increase of Rent Restriction, etc. Acts 50
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc. Acts 35
Samples of domestic water supplies taken for analysis or bacteriological
examinations 1
Visits to Squatter Camps 54
Visits re overcrowding provisions of Housing Acts 441
Visits to Factories (Mechanically Operated) 1,348
" " (without Mechanical Power) 320
" " " re smoke 140
Smoke Observations 164
Visits to Workplaces 451
11 11 offices (as workplaces) P.H.A. 1936 130
" " places of public amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc.,
(Ministry of Health circular 120 of 1920) 48
Samples taken under Rag Flock Act 5
Visits to Outworkers 1,093
Visits to Scheduled Offensive Trades 340
" " other Noxious Trades 132
Visits to Bakehouses 182
Visits to Dairies 182
Fish Fryers 84
" Cafe & Restaurant Kitchens, Food & Drugs Act, 1938 528
" Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, WHCA Sect.66r& P.H.A.1936 270
Ice Cream samples taken 190
" " Licensed Premises 200
" Registered premises wherein food is manufactured, WHCA Sect.67 56l
" " " " occupied by vendors of food, WHCA Sect.66 655
11 " other food purveyors 1,584
Visits to slaughter houses 108
Visits to Shops (Shops Act, 195O) 776
Burial Act 1857, Sect.25. Exhumation of human remains 2
Visits under Prevention of Damage by Pests Act l40
" " bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds 155
" to registered Hairdressers &'Barbers, WHCA Sect.49 52
Other Visits 5,562
Re-inspections 15,403
Drainage Inspections 3,467
Drain Tests carried out 490
Total: 42,948
No. of Notices served 4,535
No. of Notices complied with by owner 3,060
" " " " " "occupier 117
No. of Summonses issued 316
" " " heard 286
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