From: Melanie Carter
Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2018 2:48 PM
To: '[email address]'
<[1][email address]>
Subject: Response to Informal Access Request - Government Information
(Public Access) request - Environmental Health service workload
information

 

Dear Sean La Fontaine,

 

Please see below workload information for Environmental Health covering
the latest possible annual reporting period as requested:

 

1)               Number of Fixed Food premises (high, medium, low)

High – 248; Medium – 79; Low - 30

 

(2)               Number of Mobile Food businesses

50

 

(3)               Number of Temporary Food businesses     

             71

 

(4)               Number of Single Incident Investigations conducted

             4 (have assumed this is referring to alleged foodborne
illness)

 

(5)               Number of Outbreaks investigated
                                        

NSW Food Authority responsible for investigating ‘outbreaks’ of foodborne
illness

 

(6)               Number of Food Complaints investigated  

            15 (includes the 4 alleged single incidents of foodborne
illness)

*NOTE - NSWFA have advised to obtain this information from Council

 

(7)               Number of Skin Penetration businesses   

            130 premises on register               

 

(8)               Number of Shared Accommodation premises      

            2 premises listed on NSW Boarding House Register          

 

(9)               Number of Sewer overflows investigated     

            EPA are the ARA for Hunter Water

 

(10)           Number of Water Quality monitoring samples Nil – no
information

 

(11)           Number of Pool Water samples Nil – no information

                                 

(12)           Number of Cooling Tower inspections/assessments

                     30 cooling towers on register

 

(13)           Number of Noise, Odour/Air, Asbestos, Clan Labs,
Hoarding/Squalor complaints investigated:

                            Air – commercial 6; domestic 16

                            Noise – commercial 10; domestic 29

                            Water – 21

                            Miscellaneous - commercial 24; domestic 73

                            Asbestos dumping - 7

 

(14)           Number of Pest complaints investigated Nil – no information

 

(15)           Number of DA referral responses Nil – no information

 

(16)           Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
assessments/inspections conducted

            Nil  (training undertaken in preparation for handover from
EPA)

 

 

regards

Melanie Carter
Coordinator Information Management
Business Systems, Property & Governance | Maitland City Council
t 02 4939 1019
f 02 4933 3209
[2][email address]

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Melanie Carter

Coordinator Information Management

Business Systems, Property & Governance | Maitland City Council

t 02 4939 1019

f 02 4933 3209

[email address]

 

maitland.nsw.gov.au

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