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131
Want of proper dung receptacles —
Underground rooms illegally occupied 11
Accumulations of manure 3
Defective traps and stopped gullies 1
Sinks connected direct to drains 1
Mica valves defective 25
Light and air spaces limited 125
Dilapidated Premises 47
Sundry minor defects, viz.: Defective fire-places (18)
coppers (14), and chimneys (7) 39
Total 1987
Under the House-to-House Inspections Regulations, or
Order, of 2nd September, 1910, certain classifications are
adopted, so as to secure uniformity of statistics throughout
the various sanitary districts, and, adopting this classification,
the results in connection with the 775 houses inspected
during 1913 may be tabulated as follows:—
i. Arrangements for preventing contamination of
Water Supplies.
(a) Drinking water from the main 616
(b) Drinking water from cisterns 30
(c) Cisterns uncovered, or improperly covered 3
(d) Defective water taps 7
ii. Water Closet Accommodation.
(a) Defective water closets 18
(b) Foul water closets 5
(c) Water closets insufficiently lighted and
ventilated 1
(d) Defective water closet flushing apparatus 37
(e) Defective, or deficient, ventilating or soil
pipes 5