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Two sewer maintenance treatments were carried out; 113
manholes were baited. 177 intercepting chambers were also
baited during the two maintenance treatments. A ten per cent.
test of the sewer manholes in the district was carried out.
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY
INSPECTOR
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of the visits and works carried out
in the Borough by myself and the District Sanitary Inspectors: —
Complaints received 1,004
Nuisances found 884
Verbal Notices given 135
Verbal Notices complied with 80
Informal Notices served 668
Informal Notices complied with 446
Statutory Notices served 269
Statutory Notices complied with 253
Revisits 3,210
Houses inspected for defects 926
Visits made for this purpose 1,057
Drains tested and inspected 300
Private houses found verminous 20
Visits re Building Licence applications 10
Visits to butchers 190
Visits to slaughterhouses 66
Visits to dairies 95
Visits to restaurant kitchens 140
Visits to ice-cream premises 188
Visits to bakehouses 44
Visits to other food premises 395
Number of notices served under Food and Drugs Act,
1938 42
Number of notices complied with 33
Visits to factories 147