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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.
Accumulations 29
Animals so kept 5
Burst pipes 4
Dampness 65
Ditches and ponds 1
Drainage defects 36
Drains obstructed 349
Dustbins 90
Food contaminated 23
General defective conditions 117
Insects and Pests 102
Milk, contaminated and dirty bottles 5
Miscellaneous 20
Obnoxious effluvia 43
Overcrowding 41
Pig bins 12
Refuse collection 15
Rivers 1
Rodents 267
Roofs, defective 60
Sewer obstructions 10
Shops 6
Sink waste pipes 13
Smoke nuisances 9
Unsound food 139
Verminous premises 10
Water supply 8
1,480
Eleven thousand, four hundred and twenty-nine visits of inspection
and re-inspection were made for the purposes set out below:—
Business premises 13
Cowsheds 57
Employment Agencies 2
Factories (Mechanical Power) 106
Factories (Non-Mechanical Power) 46
Food and Drugs and other samples 639
Food poisoning enquiries 8
Food premises:
Bakehouses 30
Bakers and confectioners
Butchers 152
Canteens 23
Chemists
Confectioners (sweets only) 72
Fishmongers 61
General Stores
Greengrocers and fruiterers
Grocers 280
Hotels with catering facilities 22
Hotels without catering facilities 9
Ice cream factories 20
Ice cream vehicles 10
Licensed premises 20
Milk shop
Restaurants and cafes 135
Stalls, food 33
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