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SECTION C.
Sanitary Circumstances.
The following is a summary of work undertaken by the Sanitary
Inspectors during 1948.
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied 750
Doors, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, sashcords repaired 986
Overcrowding cases abated in other than Registered Houses 22
Illegal occupation of underground rooms 0
Water closet defects remedied 339
Water closets erected 154
Urinal defects remedied 18
Urinals erected 18
Soil pipe and ventilating shaft defects remedied 44
Soil pipe and ventilating shafts erected 64
Yard defects remedied 99
Waste pipe defects remedied 100
Waste pipes erected 89
Water cistern defects remedied 42
Accumulations of rubbish or manure removed 82
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed 40
Drains relaid, amended or sealed 85
Drains cleared or tested 207
Rain water pipes cleared, repaired or renewed 83
Water supply to houses reinstated 19
Roofs and gutters repaired 294
Area defects remedied 61
Wash-house defects remedied 104
Animal nuisances abated 5
Infectious Disease Investigations 150
Stables cleansed or repaired 1
Smoke observations 118
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house 10
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 260
Common Lodging Houses (visits) 26
Butchers Stalls, etc. (visits) 5,767
Street Traders Storage (visits) 229
Shops—Inspections 318
Shops—No. of notices 71