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SANITARY WORK OF THE YEAR.
As a result of the combined efforts of this staff, the
output of sanitary activity for the year under review is,
I venture to suggest, quite up to the high level that has
been attained in previous years, and it is with very full
confidence, that I beg to invite the attention of your
Committee to the enormous amount of detail work
carried out, in all branches of the department.
Apart from the detailed tabular and statistical information
set out in the various appendices in the latter
part of this report I venture to briefly direct your attention
to some of the more important items.
Arising out of the various inspections upwards of 150
notices per week of various kinds are served, with the
result that for the past twelve months the authority had
amongst many others the following matters attended
to:—
Details of
Sanitary Work.
5,082 rooms or houses, and 852 workshops were
cleansed, whitewashed and otherwise repaired.
Defective drains at 640 premises were renewed or
made good, or cleared.
Defective sanitary conveniences, water supply to
closets and the like, to the extent of 2,709 were attended
to, and at 177 different premises, an improved water
supply was provided or leaky taps and other defective
fittings remedied.
30 premises were constantly under observation in
connection with smoke nuisances throughout the year.