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Complaints
One thousand three hundred and thirty-six complaints and requests for services
were received with reference to the following matters, viz.:—
Absence of, or defective condition of, dustbins 9
Accumulations of refuse and manure 38
Blocked or defective drains 395
Defective roofs 29
Defective W.C.s 18
Dirty milk bottles 4
Flooding 6
Foreign matter in food 6
Insanitary or defective condition of houses 87
Noise 14
Non-removal of refuse 10
Nuisances from dampness 35
Nuisances from the burning of refuse 27
Nuisances from the keeping of animals or poultry 4
Sewage Works 10
Pigeons 2
Smoke nuisances 31
Unsatisfactory Housing Conditions, including Overcrowding
10
Unsound Food 16
Verminous condition of houses 5
Premises infected with other insects 43
Wasps' nests 114
Bees 20
Premises infested with rats or mice 296
Other complaints 107
Inspections
The total number of inspections made during the year was 18,534.
At 345 of the houses and other premises visited, defects or nuisances to the number
of 1,157 were discovered. At the end of the year 807 had been remedied or abated and
the work in connection with 23 was in hand. In order to ascertain that the sanitary
defects were being properly remedied, 461 visits were paid to the respective premises
while the work was in progress.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each section of work is recorded
below, together with a summary of the sanitary improvements carried out:—
Inspections under Housing Acts 188
Other Inspections including Inspections under Public
Health Acts 3,262
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