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Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or
Orders, ascertained by the Public Health Inspectors during the
year 1963 and for which action was taken to enforce compliance:
(1) NUISANCES AND HOUSING DEFECTS AT HOUSES, ETC.
Insufficient means of ventilation:
Defective ventilators, windows and sashcords
291
Conditions causing dampness:
Defective roofs
455
Defective window frames
230
Defective walls, etc
277
Want of efficient damp-roof course
38
Defective gutters and downspouts
470
Other structural defects:
Defective plaster
452
Cleansing and redecorating required
12
Defective floors and stairs
206
Insufficient ventilation under floor
7
Defective brickwork, sills, lintels, chimneys
125
Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues
47
Defective drains, sanitary fittings, etc:
Defective sinks and waste pipes
132
Defective W.C's
186
Defective drainage
152
Stoppages in drains
119
Defective water services and tanks
2
Domestic nuisances:
Want of cleanliness
1
Verminous conditions
7
Other nuisances and infringements:
Offensive accumulations
30
Overcrowding
3
Sundry nuisances or defects
9
15
Particulars not inserted in Rent Book (Housing Act)
Public Urinals
12
Noise
10
(2) INFRINGEMENTS OF CROYDON CORPORATION ACT
Food cupboards defective or required 61
(3) INFRINGEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, PAVING.ETC.
Defective Yard Paving 86
Want of a sanitary dustbin 30
(4) INSPECTION OF AMUSEMENT HOUSES
4
Defective sanitary fittings
W.C. defective or dirty
(5) KEEPING OF ANIMALS
Nuisances arising from the keeping of animals
(6) SMOKE ABATEMENT
9
Nuisances observed