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Supplementary to Annual Report, January 1st to
December 31st, 1898.
NO. 2 DISTRICT.
Inspections.— The total number of inspections made in the
several Parishes during the year were as follows: Chelsfield 51,
Cudham 31, Downe 37, Farnborough 80, Hayes 40, Keston 37,
Knockholt 30, and West Wickham 74.
Complaints.- Eighty complaints were received during the year
and investigated; 30 related to cesspools, 23 to defective drainage,
18 to offensive accumulations, 4 to animals kept so as to be a nuisance,
3 to water supply, and 2 to offensive ponds.
Factories and Workshops Act.—See previous Report.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885.—See Previous
Report.
Infectious Cases.—See previous Report.
Summary of Work Done.
Total No. of complaints received and investigated 80
„ „ nuisances discovered 173
„ „ nuisances abated without report 153
„ „ nuisances abated after report 20
„ „ preliminary notices served 55
„ „ legal notices served 13
„ „ nuisances being dealt with at the end of the year 12
Character of Work Done.
Water Supply:—
Total No. of houses supplied from Waterworks 12
Houses:—
Total No. cleansed and limewashed 34
„ „ closed as unfit for habitation 2
„ „ made fit for habitation 2