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SANITARY INSPECTION
The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection and of
the action taken by the Public Health Inspectors during the year:-
Primary Inspections of houses on complaint 1,165
„ „ „ „ after infectious disease 187
„ „ „ „ under Rent Act, 1957 11
„ „ „ Milkshops and Dairies 39
„ „ „ Factories 48
„ „ „ shops 6
„ „ „ shops and Offices 1,021
„ „ „ Hairdressers 8
„ „ „ Ice Cream Premises 37
„ „ „ „ „ Vehicles 17
„ „ „ Restaurants and Eating Houses 230
„ „ „ Bakers 84
„ „ „ premises 932
„ „ „ Other Premises 1,718
„ „ „ Re-Housing Accommodation 217
„ „ „ pharmacy and Poisons 50
„ „ „ Rodent Control 139
„ „ „ smoke Nuisance 38
„ „ „ Notices from Builders 321
„ „ „ clean Air Act 139
Total Number of Re-inspections 6,406
Intimation Notices served 456
Statutory Notices served 132
Notices under Section 40, Public Health (London) Act, 1936 19
„ „ „ 93, „ „ „ „ „ 1
„ „ „ 109, „ „ „ „ „ 3
„ „ „ 12, London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1954 8
„ „ „ 25, „ „1955 26
„ „ Food and Drugs Act, 1955 12
NUISANCES REMEDIED
The house or part of the house in a damp condition so as to
be insanitary 49
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary 44
The wallplaster or ceiling in part of the house defective
so as to be insanitary 41
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance 16
The sink defective or insanitary l
The soil pipe defective 2
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective 16
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health 25
The drain choked 23
The drain defective 11
The rainwater pipe defective 14
The roof defective so as to be insanitary 64
Dirty and insanitary condition of premises 2
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary 23
Nuisance from the emission of smoke l
Nuisance from keeping of animals 3
The defective condition of dustbin 8