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Report
of the
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
To the Chairman and Members of the Sanitary and
Drainage Committee.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my second Annual
Report on the Work carried out by your Sanitary Inspector
during the year 1920, in connection with the administration of
the various Statutes and Byelaws relating to Public Health in
force within the Borough.
During the year it has been my endeavour to devote
sufficient time to each of the many matters which come within
the jurisdiction of the department. As duriug the previous year
attention has been given to the following matters, viz:—House
to House inspections, Special inspections for the investigation of
complaints, etc , Supervision and testing of drainage and general
sanitary works carried out in connection with existing buildings,
Inspections of dairies, cowsheds and milkshops, factories, workshops,
slaughter-houses, bakehouses, restaurants, butchers',
fruiterers' and fishmongers' shops; the inspection of meat and
other foods and of premises where foodstuffs are deposited or
prepared for sale, Special inspections of premises where infectious
diseases have occurred, and investigations into the origin of
infection.
The total number of inspections made was 2644. On 310
premises inspected sanitary defects to the number of 1957 were
discovered. In connection with these defects 232 preliminary
and 50 verbal notices were issued.
It was only found necessary to issue 15 "Statutory" notices
duriug the year.
At the end of the year 1185 of the 1957 defects discovered
had been remedied.