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MISCELLANEOUS.
Reception Houses.—During disinfection of rooms, free
accommodation is provided for the temporarily displaced persons.
We have had two reception houses, one (41, Macclesfield Street)
in the Eastern Division of the Borough, and a second (47, Northampton
Road) when necessary, in the Western Division. The
former house has now been closed.
The total number using the reception houses in 1907 was
10 families of 43 persons.
Drainage Plans —All plans concerning drainage matters,
including the provision of new, and alteration of old, water closets
in all buildings, whether the result of a notice or not, are submitted
to and considered by the Public Health Committee.
During the year 204 sets of plans-of which number 44 related
to combined systems of drainage, in which 98 premises were
involved—have been dealt with. In some cases, of course, the
plans as at first submitted are not such as meet with approval,
in which cases they have to be amended and again submitted for
consideration.
In all cases of old buildings, the work of repair and reconstruction
is supervised by the Sanitary Inspectors, and in new
buildings they supervise the construction of water closets and soil
pipes.
Removal of Dust, &c—The system of dust removal
adopted is that of a weekly removal of refuse from every house
in the Borough, though in a few main thoroughfares a daily
collection is made; there are cases, however, where this rule
is not adhered to, and as a result 92 complaints of non-removal
have been entered in the book kept in this department for that
purpose, and some have been received through the post and
transferred to the Superintendent of the Cleansing Department.