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1 (c) -30
SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND DEFFECTS REMEDIED DURING THE YEAR
Other than those- enumerated in the above Tabulations:
Drains cleared 150
Drains repaired 25
W. C. pans r enewed 16
Cisterns repaired 31
New sinks 7
New W.C.s provided 3
Roofs repaired 145
Damp walls remedied 86
Houses cleansed 18
floors repaired 2
Stoves repaired 18
Plasters renewed 68
Windows mc.de to open 19
Washing facilities provided 7
Dustbins provided 41
Accumul. tions removed 16
Cesspools abolished 1
Yard pavings repaired 5
Water supply provided 9
1(d)
OFFENSIVE TR-.D3S.
In addition to the statutory Offensive Trades which _>re
specified in Section 107 of the Public He 1th Act 1936, fish frying
was declared to be an offensive trade on 17th i„..rch 1939, aid byelaws
were made accordingly.
Within the Borough, there are ...o offensive trades other
than fish frying premises, of which there c.re 10 in operation.
1(e)
CLOSET -.CC01I 0D,,TIQK and CESSP00IS.
The whole of the closet accomaiodation both in the older parts
of the town and the comparatively newly built up areas is on the
main drainage system, there being only 24 known premises which ..re
drained into cesspools. During the year ona cesspool h.,s been
abolished, and the drainage connected to sewers.
Cesspools are emptied once .,. month free of "charge by m chinos
belonging to the Borough Council, the contents of cesspools being
discharged into the Council's sowa-rs.
The cesspools which now require the service are scattered
throughout the district and, in the majority of cases, necessitate
covering considerable distances both for pumping out and conveying
to the point of discharge.
During the year 1943 cesspools wore emptied on 49 occasions
by the Council's plant.
1(f)
SMOKE itB»TEMENT.
No smoke nuisances have come to the notice of the Department
during the year.
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S-ZBa:ING B^THS -HP -POOLS.
The Council's Open Air swimming bath is situated in W Inut
Tree Road, nd comprises one swim ling pool of 70,000 gallons capacity.
There is a slipper establishment with accommodation for 16 males
and 4 females. Water in the pool is war ed to a temperature of
70 deg. 1 by low pressure steam heating Mid is sterilised by the
ChloraaJLne process i.e. addition of amoni . in conjunction with
chlorine .
/SCHOOLS.