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Character of Work carried out (not including work carried out
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations:—
Number of houses cleansed generally repaired internally 35
Cowshed, Slaughter houses, and Bakehouses cleansed 23
Number of houses found with defective roofs, eaves' gutters,
rainwater down-pipes, yard paving, &c. 26
Offensive accumulations removed 3
Number of Infectious Houses cleansed and fumigated 41
Premises at which animals were so kept as to be a nuisance 1
Summary of Nuisances Discovered (not including those discovered
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations:—
Dampness, caused by the want of insufficient damp-proof
courses, porous brickwork, defective eaves' gutters,
defective or absence of rainwater down-pipes, defective
roofs, &c. 22
Dirty or defective W.C. pans and traps 2
Insufficient flush of water to W.C.'s and defective flushing
cisterns 4
Defective drainage appurtenances (sinks, gullies, &c.) 12
Dirty walls and ceilings 76
Defective floors and interior paving 8
Defective or insufficient yard paving and surface water
disposal 15
Drinking water cisterns in a dirty condition or not properly
covered 2
Absence of or defective dust-bins 14
Defective interior walls and ceilings 14
Miscellaneous defects: steps, washing coppers, fireplaces, &, 8
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Two Houses were inspected under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations during the year.
The work at 7 houses reported upon last year was also completed
during 1915.
Houses unfit for Human Habitation.—The three cottages at High
Street, Foots Cray, known as "Thorn," "Fern," and "Picketts Cottage"
previously reported upon, and in respect of which Closing Orders under Sec.
17 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909 were served are still
vacant.