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63
Notices Issued.
Statutory:—
Provision of dustbins 4
For repairs to houses, drains and abatement of
nuisances 90
Providing sufficient water-closets 10
Paving of yards -
Provision of Sinks or Drains 2
Abatement of Smoke —
106
Informal:—
Notices 1,065
1,065
1,171
Other Notices issued under Infectious Diseases Acts:—
To occupiers 434
To Education Committee and Head Teachers at
Schools 1,216
To Librarian 27
1,677
2,848
Other letters sent 7,401
Number of Certificates issued in connection with
plans 260
Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:—
Statutory. Informal.
Number complied with 102 738
Number outstanding 4 327
106 1,065
The completion of the work required by the outstanding
Notices was somewhat delayed for various good and satisfactory
reasons, but it will be noticed that the number of Statutory Notices
not complied with is considerably less than in the previous year.
The defects found during the inspection of dwelling-houses
are of a somewhat general character, and include the following:—
Defective drains and ventilating pipes, etc.; W.C. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order; cracked and broken W.C. pans;
broken, cracked and porous scullery sines and waste pipes; leaking
roofs; defective gutters; absence of, or broken, paving around
houses; defective plaster of ceilings and walls; damp walls; want