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of non-removal of house refuse, which, together with
all complaints of smells emanating from sewer ventilators,
etc., were referred to the Borough Surveyor,
whose department has control of all such ventilators
and removal of house refuse. Each complaint was
immediately and carefully investigated, and, where
necessary, an intimation notice was sent to the person
responsible for the abatement of the nuisance, and, in
the event of non-compliance, the matter was reported
to the Public Health Committee, and authority obtained
to serve statutory notice, and which has had
the desired effect. The works and matters attended
to under this heading are classified as follows :—
Storage water cisterns cleansed and covered 3
Draw taps fixed to main 6
Choked drains cleared and cleansed 31
Drains re-constructed 5
Drains repaired 6
Access chambers constructed 13
Disconnecting traps fixed to drains 7
Ventilating pipes fixed to drains 20
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains 4
New soil pipes fixed 4
New iron covers fixed to drains 13
Eaves gutters and down pipes renewed or repaired 15
New sinks and waste pipes 12
New w.c. pans fixed 17
Foul w.c. pans cleansed 6
New w.c. constructed 1
Light and ventilation provided to w.c. 1
W.C. supplied with water 1
Flush cisterns to w.c.'s renewed or repaired 26
Damp proof courses to house walls 13
Ventilation under floors provided 5
Surface of yards paved and drained 37
Floors repaired 12
Roofs repaired 11
Walls and ceilings repaired, stripped and cleansed 120
Dustbins supplied 22
Accumulations of refuse removed 21
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 19
Windows made to open 3
Overcrowding abated 9
Bad smells from sewers attended to 3
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 45
Total 511