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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
The work carried out by the Public Health Inspectors, other than in
relation to food premises, is summarised as follows:-
DWELLING HOUSES
Inspections under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:
Complaints 4,334
House to House 489
Infectious Disease 137
Verminous conditions 257
Inspections under the Housing Act's
Demolition Orders 20
Closing Orders 140
Clearance Areas 828
Improvement Grants 1
Inspections under the Rent Act, 1957:
Certificates of Disrepair 316
Revocation Certificates 158
OTHER VISITS:
Aged and infirm persons 1,135
Common lodging-houses 4
Drainage (General) 1,501
Drainage (Rat infestations) 383
Factories 1,606
Hairdressers' and Barbers premises 151
Heating appliances 204
Noise investigations 75
Offensive Trades 28
Outworkers' premises 863
Pet shops 72
Premises discharging trade effluents 104
Premises registered or licensed under the Rag Flock and
other Filling Materials Act, 1951 48
Shops other than food premises 74
Smoke observations 1,845
Vacant Sites and E,W,S. tanks 351
Water supplies (new buildings) 450
MISCELLANEOUS VISITS:
Appointments and Interviews 1,240
Attendances at Court 249
Builders' Notices 248
Housing Applications 174
Other visits 747
RE-INSPECTIONS (ALL FORMS) 29,904