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Nuisances and Other Matters Dealt With by the Sanitary
Inspectors During 1925.
Houses.
Befective plasterwork 887
Bad smells (dry rot, dead vermin, etc.) 16
Requiring repair, cleansing and whitewashing 1698
Defective drains 275
Damp 1218
Defective downspouts 192
insufficient ventilation under floors 54
Dirty floors 35
Defective floors 478
Defective gutters 744
Overcrowded houses occupied by 373 families 187
Defective roofs 1308
Stairs and passages dirty 8
Defective sinks 420
Deffective sanitary fittings 794
Insufficiently ventilated 399
Insufficiently lighted 8
Without proper water supply 215
Defective windows 602
Damp or flooded cellars or rooms 8
Dustbins required 1445
Sndry other nuisances 1443
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces only.
Insufficient W.C. accommodation 59
Defective ,, ,, 104
No separate sanitary accommodation for sexes 4
Requiring cleansing and whitewashing 197
Overcrowded 3
Insufficient ventilation 25
Infringement of drinking water supply regulations 1
Hndry other nuisances 268
Other Nuisances Discovered.
Animals improperly kept 49
Drains found stopped 419
Defective manure receptacles 18
Want of manure receptacles 14
Defective urinals 41
Dirty „ 21
Hfective drinking water cisterns 14
Smoke nuisances 7
Offensive accumulations 176
Deposits of materials causing damp 2
Infringements of Shops Acts 223
Infringements of Byelaws and Regulations 495
Infringements of Croydon Corporation Act, 1924.
Food cupboards necessary 653
Verminous conditions 75
Urinals, W.C.'s, drains, etc., ventilating into food store 84
Filth, etc., accumulating in food store 20
Infringements of P.H.A. (Amendment) Act, 1907.
Yard surfaces defective 664
Rain water pipes acting as ventilating pipes to drains 2
Filth, &c., accumulating in food store 20