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Handrails to staircases provided 2
Staircases repaired 14
New stoves provided 12
Stoves and ranges repaired 26
Cisterns provided 2
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 14
Water service pipes repaired 23
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 28
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 5
Smoke nuisance abated 1
Accumulations of refuse removed 13
Water heaters provided 3
Various 80
Notices Served
Informal notices 558
Statutory notices 20
Enquiries—Outstanding Sanitary Notices
One thousand five hundred and seventy-five letters were
received during the year from the Town Clerk enquiring whether
or not there were any outstanding notices with respect to certain
properties in the district. The necessary searches were made and
the required information furnished.
Disinfection and Disinfestation
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 113.
Number of articles disinfected 941
Number of verminous premises dealt with 11
Verminous rooms disinfested 42
Five hundred and twenty six visits were made by inspectors
and disinfectors in connection with cases of infectious disease and
verminous premises and the necessary investigations were made
in order to obtain the detailed information required.
There was a decrease in the number of premises infested with
bugs, 3 cases having been dealt with, compared with 14 in 1953.
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