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SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND OTHER MATTERS
REPORTED ON AND WORK DONE DURING THE
YEAR, 1908.
Houses and Premises.
House-to-house inspections
536
Manor-street area—houses inspected
188
*Reported on respecting nuisances complained of
672
Reported on with reference to infectious cases
375
Cleansed, whitewashed, and repaired
266
Defective roofs repaired
155
Disinfected after communicable diseases
310
Rooms disinfected for verminous conditions
236
Cases of overcrowding abated
24
Dust-bins, new, provided
124
„ repaired
2
Underground rooms occupied contrary to Act
3
Inspections of restaurant kitchens
63
Drainage:—
Drains opened, cleansed, and made sound
145
„ trapped with stonew are gullies
Water-closets cleansed and repaired
75
Water-closets, new pans and traps provided
105
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed
63
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes provided and repaired
56
Drains and soil pipes ventilated or repaired
74
Soil pipes, new, provided
30
New drains laid, in accordance with Council's regulations (including
4 systems of combined drainage)
33
Additional w.c. accommodation provided
10
Water Supply:—
For domestic purposes, provided where cut off by Water Board
3
For water-closets, or check cisterns provided and repaired
137
Main cisterns cleansed or repaired
13
„ new, provided
1
Water certificates, issued in respect of newly erected dwelling-houses
-
Nuisances abated arising from: —
Keeping of animals
5
Accumulations of manure and other filth
24
Yards, areas, and wash-houses paved or drained
81
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
feast be treble the number of visits made.
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