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SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND OTHER MATTERS
REPORTED ON AND WORK DONE DURING THE
YEAR 1907.
Houses and Premises.
House-to-house inspections 326
*Reported on respecting nuisances complained of 506
Reported on with reference to infectious cases 449
Cleansed, whitewashed, and repaired 240
Defective roofs repaired 107
Disinfected after communicable diseases 421
Rooms disinfected for verminous conditions 267
Cases of overcrowding abated 26
Dust-bins, new, provided 103
„ repaired -
Underground rooms occupied contrary to Act 1
Inspections of restaurant kitchens 96
Drainage :—
Drains opened, cleansed, and made sound 1
,, trapped with stoneware gullies
Water-closets cleansed and repaired 55
„ new pans and traps provided 148
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed 103
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes provided and repaired 109
Drains and soil pipes ventilated or repaired 32
Soil pipes, new, provided 65
New drains laid, in accordance with Council's regulations (including
6 systems of combined drainage) 69
Additional w.c. accommodation provided 14
Water Supply :—
For domestic purposes, provided where cut off by Water Board 8
For water-closets, or check cisterns provided and repaired 127
Main cisterns cleansed or repaired 50
„ new, provided 1
Water certificates, issued in respect of newly erected dwelling-houses —
Nuisances abated arising from : —
Keeping of animals 3
Accumulations of manure and other filth 23
Yards, areas, and wash-houses paved or drained 133
Smoke -
Dung-pits repaired, drained, &c., or cages, &c., provided —
* This does not include re-visits to premises to ascertain works in progress, or
premises visited where no nuisances are found to exist, which, if added, would at
least be treble the number of visits made.