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205
[1908
Soil Pipes.
Defective 176
Unventilated 240
Improperly ventilated 181
Yards.
Improperly paved 617
Dirty 102
Undrained 43
Drains.
Foul 80
Defective 1,303
Choked or stopped 227
Unventilated 588
Cesspools.
Abolished 43
Overcrowding.
Abated 117
Underground Rooms.
Abolished for sleeping 25
,, as a dwelling 40
Other Nuisances 5,553
Total Nuisances 13,513
Cesspools.—It will be noticed that the list of nuisances abolished
includes 43 cesspools. Of course at this date no arrangements of this
character are used for drainage purposes, but every now and again when
inspections are made their existence is discovered—generally they are empty
although sometimes they contain offensive matter, which no doubt had been left
in them when the houses were drained, so as to avoid expense.
Overcrowding.—In 117 instances overcrowding was abated by the
District Inspectors, in addition to 80 cases that were discovered and abated in
the registered houses let in lodgings, which were discovered and abated by the
Inspectors in charge of these houses.