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For the information of the Council, and in accordance with
the requirements of the Ministry of Health, I append hereto
a table showing the defects found to exist on the properties inspected
during the year :—
Statistics of Inspections, Nuitances, etc.—
Number of premises visited in house inspection under the
Public Health Acts
372
,, nuisances abated
821
,, houses inspected from complaints received
237
,, premises inspected after complaints, and no
nuisance found
4
,, visits in respect of illness
79
,, visits in respect of disinfecting rooms
93
,, visits in respect of removal of bedding for disinfecting
27
,, visits for sundrv purposes and re-inspections
1,217
,, preliminary notices, letters and verbal instructions
issued for the abatement of nuisances
345
,, Statutory notices issued
8
„ visits to dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops
62
,, visits to slaughterhouses
45
„ Letters, Notices, etc., sent out
1,472
Remedial Works carried out.
As the result of notices issued under the Public Health Acts
and the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1919, the undermentioned
works have been carried out during: the vear:—
1. Arrangements for Prevention of the Contamination of Water Supply.
Defects found—
Water cisterns defective
29
„ dirty or inaccessible
37
„ without covers
10
,, covers defective or dilapidated
29
Houses without water supply through defective supply pipes
12
„ supplied with tap direct from main over sink, instead
of through storage cistern
6
2. Closet Accommodation. Defects found.
W.C. pans in foul condition
5
„ pans broken or otherwise defective
12
,, buildings structurally dilapidated or dirty
27
,, flushing cisterns defective
42
3. Drainage. Defects.
Drains in leaky condition
37
„ unventilated
2
,, without inspection chambers or same defective
9
,, communicating direct with sewer, without intercept
ing trap
1
,, choked, cleared, and cleansed
35
Rain water pipes acting as ventilators to the drain disconnected
and made to discharge over properly trapped
gullies
11
Defective soil and ventilating pipes repaired
27