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that it is the practice of the Inspectors to make a re-inspection before
serving the Housing Act notice, and in a great many instances it has
been found that the work, as per the Intimation Notice, was already in
hand, and the service of the Housing Act notice thus rendered unnecessary.
A similar remark of course applies to the Statutory Notices,
inasmuch as the number served is considerably less than the number
applied for from time to time at Committee and Council meetings.
As was pointed out last year, the inauguration of the Scheme
enabled more time to be devoted by the Food Inspector to the inspection
of food premises, slaughterhouses, St. George's Wharf, etc., and
this closer supervision has been maintained, as his 2,281 inspections
and re-inspections will indicate.