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Removal of Nuisances.
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REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
Besides those cases which have been remedied on application of the Officer without
service of formal Notice, the following have passed through the Books within the Year
ending March 25th, 1862.
Number
of Cases.
Cesspools done away with, and Water Closets built 124
Cesspools to Privies emptied 7
Drains and Water Closets cleansed 91
Water Closet Pans and Traps replaced 3
Water Closes repaired 2
Water Closet built to a House previously without any such accommodation 1
Private Urinal abolished 1
Nuisance at Urinal abated 1
Houses not fit for human habitation rendered habitable 20
The number of Inmates reduced in an over-crowded house 1
Sinks cleansed and trapped 3
Offensive accumulations of Dung and Filth removed 7
Back Yards re-paved 35
Gutters and Rain Pipes fixed 18
Bone Boiler's Factory cleansed and lime-washed 1
Slaughter Houses Inspected 33
Do. do. cleansed and improved 18
Swine ordered to be removed 3
Swine ordered to bo kept in a more cleanly state 1
Houses drained into Low Level Sewers 120
New Private Drains constructed 4
JAMES SMITH,
Surveyor of Sewers and Sanitary Inspector.
IN THE ROADS DEPARTMENT.
Besides the numerous cases in which upon application by the Inspector Obstructions and
other Nuisances have been at once removed, the following Summonses and formal Notices
have been issued during the Year ending March 25th, 1862,
SUMMONSES.
For erecting Scaffold without License 2
For an Erection on the Public Footway 1
For an obstruction of the Public footway 1
NOTICES.
To remove Dung from the Public way 1
To remove an Erection on the Public footway 1
To repair a dangerous Cellar Flap 1
To remove Blind Posts put up without authority 1
To remove other obstructions from the Public ways 9
GEORGE WELLMAN,
Surveyor of Roads and Inspector of Nuisances.