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for the preparation and sale of hot fried fish, of which there
are several in the district.
One house in the district was closed as unfit for
human habitation, and the closure of a terrace of ten
houses was threatened; the owner, however, at once put in
hand the necessary repairs, and the whole terrace was
re-drained and put in habitable repair.
The making of certain bye-laws under the Public
Health Amendment Act, (sec. 23), would much facilitate
the work of the Sanitary Department as regards the
matters dealt with by that section.
The following table is a statement of the general
Sanitary Work done during the year, and is exclusive of
work done in connection with new buildings.
Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported and
work accomplished for the year ending December, 1894.
Nature of Complaint.
Defective drains repaired and efficiently trapped 51
Obstructed drains cleaned and repaired 73
Sink waste water disconnected from arm of closet pan and
made to discharge over proper trap 63
Sink waste water disconnected from surface water drains and
connected with the sewer 5
Sink waste water disconnected from main drain and made to
discharge over proper trap 5
Water supply disconnected from cistern supplying w.c. and
taken direct from main 38
Defective water pipes repaired 20
Water supply laid on to closets 92
New pans supplied to closets 40
Pan and other defective form of closets taken out and new
forms substituted 7
Lead " D " traps laken out and new forms substituted ... 5
Soil pipes taken outside and ventilated, full size 3
New ventilators fixed 49
Samples of pump water submitted to Medical Officer for
analysis 10
Pump water condemned and New River laid on 5
Cesspools cleansed and filled in 7
Cesspools emptied 9
Defective brickwork, guttering, piping, etc., repaired 95
Filthy houses cleansed and whitewashed 25
Yards and sculleries paved 23
Defective roofs repaired 71
Drains tested with chemical compound and smoke 90