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B -SANITARY WORK OF THE YEAR.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.—T he usual summary is given in
Table VII., which gives a fair idea of the various matters engaging
the attention of the Sanitary Inspectors.
During the year 6,293 house-to-house inspections were made, as
compared with 5,816 in 1904. This is a satisfactory feature of the
Report, as there is no doubt that the systematic inspection of smaller
houses is the most useful work in which the inspectors can be
engaged.
The number of combined drains dealt with during the year
was 35. The cost of carrying out the necessary works amounted
to about £"341 19s. 1 id., and was borne by the owners instead of by
the inhabitants at large.
Most of the nuisances discovered were remedied on receipt of
informal notices, but in 119 cases, Council Orders had to be applied
for. Of the 119 legal notices 99 were complied with, and 20 were
outstanding at the end of the year. Of the 20 outstanding Council
Orders, 11 have now been complied with (March 31st, 1906).
No prosecution had to be undertaken for non-compliance with
ordinary nuisance notices.
During the year, the Croydon Corporation Act, 1905, received
Royal Assent. Under this Act, the Corporation obtained the
following powers of public health interest:—
Provision in lieu of Section 19 of Public Health Acts (Amendment)
Act 1890.
Where two or more houses or premises are connected with a
single private drain which conveys their drainage into a pnblic
sewer the Corporation shall have all the powers conferred by Section
41 of the Public Health Act 1875 and the Corporation may recover
any expenses incurred by them in executing any works under the
powers conferred on them by that section from the owner or owners
of such houses or premises and if there be more than one such owner
in such proportions as shall be settled by the surveyor or (in case of
dispute) by arbitration under the Public Health Act 1875 or by a
court of summary jurisdiction and such expenses shall be recoverable
summarily as a civil debt or the Corporation may declare them to
be private improvement expenses and may recover them accordingly.
(2) Section 19 of the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act 1890
shall cease to be in force within the borough.