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Number of premises having brick, walls (plastered or matchboarded) 425
Number of premises having buildings with sides of wood or corrugated galvanised
iron 116
Number of premises with unpaved shed, yard or basement 70
Number of premises having defective paving in shed, yard, or basement 92
Number of premises having impervious paving in shed, yard, or basement 109
Number of premises with insufficient means of lighting 68
Number of premises with insufficient means of ventilation 59
Number of premises on which dirty conditions were found:—
(a) Offensive accumulations of rags, bones and fat 38
(b) Accumulation of rag sorting debris 28
(c) Improper storage of fat, bones, and rags 76
Number of cases in which there were probable causes of nuisance to the
neighbourhood from : —
(a) Kind of materials dealt in 24
(b) Improper storage 101
(c) Fat melting 1
(d) Use of basement rag stores 85
(e) Defective structure of buildings (including paving) 105
(f) Dirty condition of yards, floors, &c. 84
March, 1906.
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health,