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INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
Number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health
and housing Acts) 342
number of dwelling houses visited for other
than housing defects 1431
Number of visits to premises other than houses 3581
Premises re-inspected 1974
Visits to works in progress 1096
Visits re Civil Defence 10
* Visits re rats and mice 6165
Miscellaneous visits 673
Total 15,272
Including visits made by Rodent staff.
Included in the above are the following classified visits:-
To food premises 1266
„ cowsheds 29
„ dairies and milkshops 63
„ milk vehicles 94
„ ice cream premises and vehicles 278
„ bakehouses 53
„ butchers' shops 198
„ fishfriers premises 42
„ factories' 540
„ workplaces 45
„ outworkers' premises 49
„ schools 163
„ caravans 186
„ houses-let-in-lodgings 68
„ council houses' 85
„ piggeries 79
„ public conveniences 31
Re. cases of infectious disease (including
dysentery, tuberculosis and food poisoning) 427
„ overcrowding or possible overcrowding 37
„ Shops'Act 351
„ Rag' Flock Act 4
„ Pet Animals Act 15
Smoke observations' made 12
Interviews with owners, tradesmen, etc 292
Samples of drinking water taken 8
„ „ swimming bath water taken 20
„ „ effluent from Sewage Works 1
„ „ river water taken 5
TESTING OF DRAINS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
Drains tested with water 77
Drains tested by other methods 15
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