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80
Defective W.C. accommodation 16
Defective walls, floors, ceilings, etc. 13
Defective and insufficient lighting 3
Want of seating accommodation 3
Notices to be exhibited or amended 294
DRAINAGE
During the year there was no lessening of work in this branch
of the department's duties. Some 3,437 visits of inspecton were
made to underground drains in course of repair. It was not
necessary to serve so many statutory orders as in previous postwar
years. Of 365 Orders served, 159 had to be done in default
of the owners.
KEEPING OF ANIMALS.
In spite of the large increase in the number of pig and poultry
keepers during and since the war, there have been few complaints
lodged regarding nuisance. Bye¬law powers, relaxed by government
order, during the war, have now been reinstated, and this
will help to further control those who have given trouble in the
past.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
There are but few registered, and during the year there has
been no cause for complaint.
POLLUTION OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
During the year 534 inspections were made to ascertain if
any evidence of pollution or obstruction was apparent in the
watercourses within the Borough and in addition samples of the
waters were taken for analysis. Appropriate action was taken
where pollution was observed.
It should be remembered that all surface water drainage in
the Borough is discharged into streams, and it is an offence to
permit a polluting material to enter surface water drainage
systems.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
The District Sanitary Inspectors observe the various factory
chimneys in their respective areas with a view to detecting the
discharge of smoke or grit such as to be a nuisance. Bye¬laws
are in force regarding the emission of "black" smoke, whereby