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Found. Out-standing. Abated.
Water-closet defective 4 1 3
„ stopped 7 - 7
Drain ventilation pipe defective 5 - 5
Yard paving defective 17 2 15
Sink waste pipes defective, &c 10 - 10
„ untrapped 11 - 11
Defective dustbins and manure receptacles 14 2 12
„ drains 33 5 28
Drains choked 7 - 7
Rainwater pipe defective 16 - 10
Roof defective 25 - 25
Guttering defective 18 2 16
Forecourt and area paving defective 6 2 4
Wash-house paving defective 6 - 6
Animals improperly kept 2 - 2
The house, or part, overcrowded 5 1 4
The space under basement or ground floor insufficiently
ventilated 13 1 12
Sundry defects 7 - 7
ARTICLES OF FOOD SEIZED OR SURRENDERED AS UNFIT
FOR FOOD.
During the year the following articles of food were seized
by the Inspectors or surrendered as being unfit for food, viz.:
1 ton 3 cwts. 1 qr. meat; 14 cwts. 3 qrs. fish; 3 cwts. 3 qrs. fruit
and vegetables; 1 cwt. 19 lbs. tinned foods.
Cow-houses, Dairies, and Milkshops.
(a) Cow-houses.—At the end of 1914 there were 14 licensed
cowkeepers in the Borough with 16 sheds. Inspector Bobbitt
reports that he made 198 inspections of these, and found it necessary
to serve three notices for repairs, which notices were immediately
complied with. On the 26th September the Public Health Committee
made their annual visits to the cowhouses in the Borough.