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PROSECUTIONS
Failure to comply with nuisance abatement notice 1
(Nuisance order made)
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
Number of inspections of dwelling-houses 665
Number of re-inspections of premises 1,670
Number of visits to work in progress 977
Number of miscellaneous visits and inspections 832
Number of visits to dairies 5
Number of visits to ice-cream premises 180
Number of visits to fried-fish shops 33
Number of visits to food premises 819
Number of visits to bakehouses 30
Number of visits to factories 209
Number of visits to workplaces 19
Number of visits to shops and offices 462
Number of visits to stables and yards 16
Number of visits to market gardens, etc. 22
Number of visits to urinals 103
Number of visits to piggeries 4
Number of visits re infectious diseases158
Number of visits to streams 23
Number of visits re smoke abatement 163
Number of complaints received and investigated 407
Number of informal notices served 346
Number of statutory notices served 31
Number of interviews re nuisances, etc. 951
Number of drain tests applied 187
Number of rooms disinfected 168
Number of lots of bedding and clothing disinfected 133
Number of library books disinfected 458
Number of samples of foodstuffs, water, etc., taken for examination 283
F. H. LENNARD, m.r.san.i., a.m.i.s.e., m.s.i.a.,
Senior Sanitary Inspector.
SHOPS AND OFFICES
Four hundred and sixty-two inspections were made during 1950
and in 18 cases action was necessary in regard to defects.
CAMPING SITES
There are no camping sites within the Borough.
SWIMMING BATH
The Corporation again rented from the London County Council (for
the 1950 Summer season) the open-air swimming bath situated in the
grounds of the Royal Female Orphanage.
The supervision and arrangement of sessions were under the control
of the Public Health Department. Facilities were given to schools,
youth organisations, and residents as in previous years.
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