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No. of New soil pipes or ventilating shafts fixed 317
„ Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired 140
,, Disconnecting traps or Chambers inserted 334
Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers 100%
No. of New Dust Bins provided 343
. Dust removed from each house Weekly
No. of Complaints of non-removal of dust received 6
Method of Disposal of Dust Destructor
No. of Smoke Observations taken 245
„ Smoke Nuisances abated 5
„ Accumulations of refuse removed 90
„ Nuisances abated from foul ditches, ponds, &c., and Stagnant
Water 18
„ Nuisances abated from foul pigs and other animals 24
„ „ „ „ Dampness 211
„ Yards repaved or repaired 512
„ Other Nuisances abated 414
Yours obediently,
MAURICE W. KINCH.
* It should be noted that the somewhat decreased number of initial inspections
made during the last year is mainly in consequence of the more detailed,
record which the Orders of the L.G.B. demand, and which is now kept
Moreover, the drains of every house are now submitted to the smoke test.