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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.
During the year house-to-house inspection was made of
405 dwellings, distributed in the following roads and streets:—
Acacia Road, Coombe Road, Elderton Road, Holmshaw Road,
Hope Cottages, Prospect Road, Southbrook Mews and Tenements
and Summerfield Street.
The following is a summary of the principal nuisances
found and shows the need for systematic inspection:—
Defective drains 116
Vent shafts and soil pipes defective 34
Water closets and apparatus defective 40
Insufficient water supply to water closets 65
Defective yard traps, sink wastes, gullies, &c. 105
Dirty premises 212
Overcrowding 4
Drinking water cisterns defective 142
Defective roofs 78
Damp premises 90
Insufficient floor ventilation 76
Defective yard pavings 135
Offensive accumulations 5
Animals so kept as to cause a nuisance 1
Other minor nuisances (ashbins, &c.) 312
Total 1,315
The whole of the above-mentioned defects were remedied
on the service of notices, and no summary proceedings were
necessary.
Only four cases of overcrowding were discovered.