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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 1912.
Total Sanitary Operations 68,116
Number of house inspections 47,540
Bakehouse inspections 270
' Bakehouse nuisances abated 54
Urinals—inspections 194
Do. altered, repaired or water
laid on 50
Intimations served under Sec. 3 3,865
Notices served under Sec. 4., &c. 966
Notices served under Sec.62 &65 1,732
Complaints received & attended to3,091
Number of houses disinfected 2,285
Houses supplied with disinfectants2,336
House drains flushed with disinfectants
after infectious disease 1,245
Overcrowding abated 72
Premises improved, cleansed and
repaired 3,472
Drains tested By smoke. 918
„ water 2,776
Drains cleansed and repaired 342
Drains relaid 366
Frontage drains constructed or
re-constructed 40
Soil pipes and drains ventilated 117
Sink and rain water pipes disconnected
or repaired 574
Water Closets cleansed & repaired 781
Cesspools abolished —
Mews & Stables drained & paved 10
Yards and forecourts paved and
repaired 407
Accumulations of manure and
other obnoxious matter removed
or proper receptacles
provided 77
Dust receptacles provided 414
Leaky house-roofs and gutters
repaired 425
Houses supplied with water, and
fittings repaired 132
Water closets provided, supplied
with water or supply disconnected
from drinking
water cisterns 347
Cisterns covered, cleansed and
repaired 477
Additional water supplies to
upper floors .. 96
Keeping of animals in unfit state
discontinued 23
Smoke observations 80
Certificates of disinfection granted 1,708
Houses inspected and certificates
granted (Sec. 48) 66
Proceedings ordered by Council
and Health Committee 3,428
Summonses issued 108
Magisterial Orders obtained and
enforced 52
Factori es. Workshops, &c. ,i nspec-
tions 3,769
Sanitary conveniences provided
or improvements effected in
Factones & Workshops (Sec.
38) .279
Underground sleeping rooms
disused 113
Gipsy van inspections 104
Drains laid to new houses and
tenements 66
Samples taken under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts 1,000
Miscellaneous 394