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289
Nuisances and Other Matters Dealt With by the Sanitary
Inspectors During 1926.
Houses.
Defective plasterwork 1224
Bad smells (dry irot, dead vermin, etc.) 16
Requiring repair, cleasing and whitewashing 2282
Defective drains 471
Damp 1433
Defective downspouts 241
Insufficient ventilation under floors 126
Dirty floors 43
Defective floors 650
Defective gutters 1024
Overcrowded houses occupied by families (notices) 531
Defective roofs 1407
Stairs and passages dirty 11
Defective sinks 607
Defective sanitary fittings (other) 1017
Defective sashcords 1343
Insufficiently lighted 2
Without proper water supply 23
Defective windows 619
Damp or flooded cellars or rooms 5
Dustbins required 1171
Sundry other nuisances 1990
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces Only.
Insufficient w.c. accommodation 28
Defective 113
No separate sanitary accommodation for sexes 5
Requiring cleansing and whitewashing 212
Drainage of floors 13
Insufficient ventilation 14
Infringement of drinking water supply regulations 14
Sundry other nuisances 174
Dustbins 76
Other Nuisances Discovered.
Animals improperly kept 47
Drains found stopped 355
Defective manure receptacles 31
Want of manure receptacles 26
Defective urinals 55
Dirty 74
Defective drinking water cisterns 172
Smoke nuisances 8
Offensive accumulations 176
Deposits of materials causing damp 3
Infringements of Shops Acts 168
Infringements of Bye-laws and Regulations 283
Infringements of Milk and Dairies Acts and Orders 71
Infringements of Croydon Corporation Act, 1925.
Food cupboards necessary 456
Verminous conditions 120
Urinals, w.c.'s, drains, etc., ventilating into food stores 22
Filth, etc., accumulating in food store 199
Human food in sleeping places 5
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