Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg.

  • Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of the city and borough of Pietermaritzburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITATION Total of Inspections (General) Carried Out ...... 8,746 Total of Rodent Inspections .•.... 512 Total of Notices and Letters served re Contravention of By-Laws ., 2,152 INSPECTION (GENERAL) GIVEN IN DETAIL 1.7.47 to 50.6.48. L Public Markets ,.,..... 318 2, Butchers’ Shops .............. 69 3, Dealers and General Dealers (Food) ..... 358 4, Dealers and General Dealers (No food) .,... 32 5, Fish and Poultry Shops .,....*.,.... 15 6, Bakers’ Shops (without Bakehouse) . 2 7, Bakehouses .. 10 8, Milkshops (Purveyors of Milk) . 257 9, Ice Cream (Purveyors and Manufacturers of) . 3 10. Tea Shops, Cafes, Restaurants and Eating Houses . 134 11. Residential Hotels, Boarding Houses .. 63 12. Aerated Water Manufacturers . 2 13. Other places where food is manufactured . 2 14. Hawkers’ Premises .. 4 15. Hawkers’ Carts . 1 16. Butchers’ Carts and Carriers . 2 17. Milk Delivery Carts .... 6 18. Bakers’ Carts .. 1 19. Ice Cream Carts . 0 20. Theatres and Bioscopes . 5 21. Common Lodging Houses .. 34 22. Barracks . 194 23. Other House Inspections .. 280 24. Hairdressers .. 31 25. Laundries . 40 26. Factories and Workshops .........;.. 7 27. Courts, Lanes and Alleys . 13 28. Open Ground .. 53 29. Piggeries . 7 30. Horse Stables .. 51 31. Dairy Stables & Dairies . 1105 32. Cattle Dealers' Premises . 45 33. Visits in connection with Infectious Diseases . 508 34. Standing Water, Catchpits, re Mosquitoes, etc. . 30 35. Undrained premises . 55 36. Public Sanitary Conveniences . 310 37. Refuse Tips . 321 38. Other Visits . 3895 \ 39. Structural Defects in Premises . 483 C/Forward : 8,746