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Sanitary Inspection.
The following information, supplied by the Chief Sanitary Inspector,
under Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers' Regulations, 1935,
indicates the action taken in sanitary inspection during the year.
Investigations were made into 2,084 complaints concerning the
following:—
Drains obstructed 345
Sewers obstructed 10
Drainage defects 204
General defective conditions 254
Dampness 56
Roofs, gutters, etc. 62
Sink waste pipes 12
Water supplies 30
Dustbins 212
Accumulations 41
Refuse Collection 17
Smoke nuisance 13
Rivers, ditches, ponds 7
Unsound food 257
Overcrowding 76
Obnoxious effluvia 10
Verminous premises 27
Scabies 2
Rats and Mice 259
Wasps 34
Ants 7
Beetles 1
Flies 8
Animals 20
Insects, various 8
Dirty Milk Bottles, sour milk 5
Miscellaneous 50
Pig Bins 31
Soakaways 3
Burst pipes 12
Shops 2
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A total of 11,286 visits of inspection and re-inspection were made
for the following purposes:—
Public Health Act (houses) 3,218
Public Health Act reinspections 3,808
Dairies 48
Cowsheds 60
Milk Shops 38
Factories 182
House drains tested 37
Suspected rat infested premises 228
Foodshops and business premises 912
Infectious disease premises 192
Infectious disease contacts 132
Urinals 56
Premises re cesspools 29
Schools 6
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