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3.—Unhealthy Area
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement
Schemes under (a), Part I, or (b), Part II, of the Act of 1890 0
(4) Number of houses not complying with the building by-laws erected
with consent of Local Authority under section 25 of the Housing,
Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 0
(5) Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer 9
8 permanent Sanitary Inspectors and 1 woman Inspector.
Duties—The general duties of a sanitary inspector in charge of
a district: inspection of houses, investigation of complaints,
supervision of new drainage and sanitary fittings, &c. The
woman inspector visits houses let in lodgings.
Revenue Act.—Three applications were received and certificates
granted.
Below is a list of details of the work done in connection with insanitary
conditions. In many cases some of the work specified was in premises,
parts of which were occupied as workshops:—
1922.
1922.
Complaints received and dealt
with
Premises inspected on complaint,
&c.
House to bouse inspection
Subsequent visits
Premises (registered), visits to
Overcrowding found
Other infringements
Sanitary Work completed:—
Houses:—
Cleansed throughout
„ partially
Overcrowding
Light or ventilation
proved
Roofs repaired
Floors and staircases re
paired
Underground rooms:—
Illegal use
Closed
Yards, areas, paved or
paired
Damp walls remedied
Offensive refuse removed
Keeping of animals
continued
Verminous premises cleansed
Filthy or unwholesome bedding,
&c.
Drains:—
Constructed
Amended and repaired
Ventilated
Unstopped and cleansed
Interceptor traps fixed
Cleansed and sealed off from
sewer
Gully traps fixed
Defective traps abolished
879
1,404
2,918
24,245
3,000
-
-
239
1,104
70
386
527
641
4
4
447
263
255
39
351
11
218
282
207
119
158
39
908
172
Sanitary Work completed:—
Drains:—
Manholes built
„ repaired and
cleansed
„ covers fixed or
repaired
Tested by smoke
„ chemical
„ water
„ air
Fresh air inlets fixed or
repaired
Soil Pipes:—
Fixed
Ventilated
Repaired
Tested by smoke
„ chemical
„ water
air
Water-closets:—
Constructed
Repaired
Ventilated and light improved
Cleansed or limewashed
Ventilated lobbies provided
Unstopped
Traps ventilated
Flushing cisterns fixed
„ „ repaired
Waste Pipes:—
Constructed
Repaired
Unstopped
Trapped
Ventilated
Disconnected from drain
528
282
586
33
248
448
50
245
323
289
198
87
251
71
169
1,439
555
235
1,155
369
87
1,192
1,008
359
1,767
234
89
2,307
1,979
1,050