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one mile, and a 36 inch diameter concrete pipe was laid
for a length of ¼ of a mile in Southborough Lane, and
culverting operations were commenced on a portion of the
Princes Plain Stream.
Informal notices were served in four instances of
pollution, and these have since been abated. In the course
of these investigations two samples were submitted for
analytical examination, one of which proved to be water
of very bad organic quality with evidence of very considerable
pollution, and the other was reported to be of
inferior organic quality.
Public Cleansing.
The public cleansing services have been functioning
normally throughout the year, and there is no extension
or improvement in refuse collection to report other than
the purchase of a 15 cubic yard moving floor vehicle.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Tables VII., VIII. and XV. indicate the very varied
extent of the sanitary inspection of the area which is
carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Eight hundred and thirty-six dwelling-houses were
inspected during 1936 and these involved 6,670 visits for
primary inspections and subsequent re-inspections. Of
these 836 houses 642 were found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation. Seven hundred and
thirty-nine houses were rendered fit in consequence of
informal action. It will be noticed that this figure
exceeds the number of houses found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation, and this is
due to the fact that houses inspected in the later months
of the previous year were made fit in the early months
of the next year.
In addition to the above figures it will be noted that
549 houses were visited for the following purposes: 156
for infectious diseases, 80 for disinfection, 9 for the
presence of vermin and 304 houses measured for purposes
of the overcrowding sections of the Housing Act.