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Yards paved or repaired 190
Scullery floors repaired 53
Spaces under floors ventilated 99
Dampness remedied 240
Floors repaired 140
Coppers and stoves repaired, etc. 349
New dustbins supplied 155
Accumulation of refuse removed 21
Nuisances from animals abated 3
Gipsies removed 29
Other nuisances abated 955
Rooms cleansed after infectious disease 22
Sanitary Conveniences.
The three conveniences belonging to the Council are kept under constant
supervision.
The enlargement of the convenience on The Green is nearing completion.
Sites for other conveniences have been obtained at Weir Hall, Hertford
Road and Bush Hill Park, and it is to be hoped that they will be erected with
all haste as they are long overdue. The urinal in Pymmes Park at Victoria
Road is about to be rebuilt to form a convenience in that area.
Van Dwellers.
As mentioned in previous reports these have practically become eliminated
owing to the fact that most of the spare ground of the past has been developed
for building purposes.
Offensive Trades.
The businesses under this heading comprise 35 fish fryers and curers, one
fat boiler, and one gut scraper, making a total of 37.
Regarding the Gut Scraping Factory an interview was accorded representatives
of the Edmonton Ratepayers' Alliance for them to submit their case
against the continuance of this business, and as the result the Council obtained
legal advice, and decided to take action against Messrs. Aupers. The required
signatures and affidavits of ten inhabitants were forthcoming.
Proceedings were instituted against Messrs. F. Berndes, Ltd., of No. 42,
Silver Street, Edmonton, for carrying on the trade of Fish Frying without the