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SANITARY INSPECTORS REPORT
For the period from 1st January, 1954 to 31st December, 1954.
Visits to private houses to Investigate complaints 5,807
House to House inspections under Public Health or Housing Acts 612
Houses inspected under the Housing Act 1936, re Closing & Demolition Orders or
Reconstruction or re. Schedules of Evidence 502
Houses inspected following Infectious disease 264
Investigations of cases of notifiable infectious disease 387
Visits under Increase of Rent Restriction, etc. Acts 208
Certificates granted under Rent Restriction, etc. Acts 76
Samples of domestic water supplies taken for analysis or bacteriological examinations 1
Visits to Squatter Camps 48
" under the Housing Repairs & Rents Acts, 1954. (Initial Survey) 1,390
re overcrowding provisions of Housing Acts 212
" under Housing Act, 1949- Improvement Grants 18
to Factories (Mechanically Operated) 1,078
" " " (without Mechanical Power) 381
" " "re smoke 117
Smoke Observations 174
Visits to Workplaces 253
" " offices (as workplaces) P.H.A. 1936 147
" " places of public amusement, Theatres, Music Halls, Cinemas, etc.
(Ministry of Health circular 120 of 1920) 79
Samples taken under Rag Flock Act 11
Visits under Fertiliser & Feeding Stuffs Act 5
" to Outworkers 2l6
Visits to Scheduled Offensive Trades 219
" other Noxious Trades 55
" " Rag Flock Manufacturers 1
" " Bakehouses 91
" " Dairies 147
" " Fish Fryers 58
" " Cafe & Restaurant Kitchens, Food & Drugs Act, 1938 404
" " Ice Cream Makers or Dealers, WHCA Sect 66. & P.H.A. 1936 209
Ice Cream samples taken 56
" " Licensed Premises 146
" " Registered premises wherein food is manufactured, WHCA Sect 67 412
" " " " occupied by vendors of food, WHCA Sect 66 562
" " other food purveyors 1,308
" " Slaughter houses 79
" " Shops (Shops Act, 1950) 307
Visits tinder Prevention of Damage by Pest Act 153
" " bye-laws - Tents, Vans, Sheds 259
to registered Hairdressers & Barbers, WHCA Sect 49 55
Other Visits, specifying them 1,040
Re-inspections 12,608
Drainage Inspections 2,451
Drain Tests carried out 438
33,044
No. of notices served 3,860
No. of notices complied with by owner 3,961
" " " " " " occupier 77
No. of Summonses issued
No. of Summonses heard 271
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