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General Sanitary Administration.
The following table gives a summary of the work of the
Sanitary Inspectors as far as the work admits of tabulation:—
Summary of Sanitary Operations for the Year 1911.
Total Sanitary Operations 77,055
Number of house inspections 45,390
Bakehouse inspections 227
Bakehouse nuisances abated 50
Urinals—inspections 190
Do. altered, repaired or water
laid on 60
Intimations served under Sec. 3 4,351
Notices served under Sec. 4, &c. 1.24s
Notices served under Sec. 62 &65 2,915
Complaints received &attended to 3,403
Number of houses disinfected 3,394
houses supplied with disinfectants 3,513
House drains flushed with disinfectants
after infectious disease 2,515
Overcrowding abated 84
Premises improved, cleansed and
repaired 3,383
Drains tested By smoke. 743
„ water. 3,276
Drains cleansed and repaired 434
Drains relaid 546
Frontage drains constructed or
re-constructed 79
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated 128
Sink and rain water pipes disconnected
or repaired 684
Water Closets cleansed&repaired 566
Cesspools abolished 1
Mews & Stables drained & paved 4
Yards and forecourts paved and
repaired 545
Accumulations of manure and
other obnoxious matter removed
or proper receptacles
provided 43
Dust receptacles provided 431
Leaky house-roofs and gutters
repaired 458
Houses supplied with water, and
fittings repaired 171
Water closets provided, supplied
with water or supply disconnected
from drinking
water cisterns 634
Cisterns covered, cleansed and
repaired 752
Additional water supplies to
upper floors 148
Keeping of animals in unfit state
discontinued 39
Smoke observations 62
Certificates of disinfection granted 1,748
Houses inspected and certificates
granted (Sec. 48) 74
Proceedings ordered by Council
and Health Committee 3,649
Summonses issued 115
Magisterial Orders obtained and
enforced 51
Factories, Workshops,&c.,inspections
3,609
Sanitary conveniences provided
or improvements effected in
Factories&Workshops (Sec.
38) 262
Underground sleeping rooms
disused 19
Gipsy van inspections 95
Drains laid to new houses and
tenements 74
Samples taken under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts 1,000
Miscellaneous 596