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Offices of the Department.
The extension to the Town Hall having been completed, the
Department at the end of June removed there from the temporary
address at 7, Belsize Park Gardens, and the accommodation now
provided is greatly superior to any the Department has hitherto
possessed; the supervision and the work done has certainly benefitted
considerably as a result.
Complaints.
During 1912, 705 complaints were made of the existence of
insanitary conditions. A list of the matters of which complaint was
made is given below:—
Accumulations, offensive 3
„ of garden and other refuse 8
Animals improperly kept11
„ dead 2
Dampness in premises 36
Dirty and dilapidated premises 14
Drain, bad condition of 23
„ defective 23
„ stopped 31
Dust, non-removal 33
Dust receptacles, foul or dilapidated 76
„ absence of, or insufficient 21
Insanitary condition of premises 36
Illness attributable to insanitary conditions 8
Manure not removed 4
Overcrowding and improper mixing of the sexes 28
Rats, nuisance from 5
Roadways, bad condition of 2
Roofs and gutters, defective and leaky 7
Rubbish, nuisance from burning 3
Smells 33
„ on premises 13
„ from road gullies 4
„ „ sewer ventilators 15
„ „ stables 6
„ „ drains, &c. 26
„ „ water-closets 6
„ „ manure 2
Smoke nuisances 6
Underground rooms illegally occupied 2
Unsound food 1
Vacant land, insanitary state of 8
Verminous condition of premises 9
Water, absence of 132
„ leakage of 7
Water cisterns, dirty, &c. 6
Water-closets, accommodation insufficient or absence of 5
„ defective or insanitary 18
„ stopped 5
„ without water 2
„ „ proper flush 4
Yards unpaved and existing paving defective 6
Miscellaneous 40
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