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33
New w c. pans fixed 9
External light and ventilation provided to w.c. 1
New sinks and waste pipes 11
Flush cisterns to w c's repaired 20
Bad smells from sewers attended to 3 1
Eaves gutters and down pipes repaired 9
Leaky roofs repaired 11
Walls and ceilings repaired, stripped and cleansed 63
Floors repaired 14
Damp-proof courses to house walls 18
Ventilation under floors provided 2
Windows made to open 3
Accumulations removed 34
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 16
Surface of yards paved 25
New dustbins supplied 16
Overcrowding abated 7
Nuisance from vacant and unfenced land 8
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 56
Total 424
As heretofore, all communications in respect of
non-removal of house refuse are dealt with by the
Borough Surveyor's Department, as also are the
nuisances in respect of smells from the sewers and
ventilators in connection therewith.
The dumping of garden and other refuse on vacant
and unfenced land during the year has again been the
source of great annoyance and displeasure to the residents
where such land is situate. The owners of the
land do, in some measure, try to prevent the nuisance
by removing or burning the refuse, fixing of notice
boards, and, in some cases, erecting a temporary fence
on the land, which has been wilfully damaged.
It is a most difficult matter to deal with, since it
appears that the offenders wait for the most favourable
opportunitv before depositing the refuse, sometimes
after dark. This nuisance is most prevalent during
the early spring and the autumn, and the existence of
the ordinarv fence is no preventive, since it enables
the offenders to pitch the refuse over without being
seen.