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General Sanitary Work.
In the Sanitary Inspectors' Report Table will be found the amount of work
carried out by each Inspector, and its nature.
Excluding special visits made for the purpose of detecting overcowding,
'29,903 houses were inspected during the year; 1-4,801 being the result of house
to house visitation.
12,035 notices were served during the year for the abatement of various
nuisances. Nearly one-half of the nuisances were abated without becoming
necessary to serve Statutory Notices.
6,421 Statutory Notices were served, but it was only necessary to take
Police Court Proceedings in 74 cases.
In addition to the above, 56 summonses were taken out under the Food
and Drugs Acts.
2,369 workshops were inspected and 545 were ordered to be cleansed as
well as 3,625 houses.
9,020 drains were tested and 4,491 were either constructed or reconstructed,
cleansed or trapped.
480 new soil pipes were fixed.
6,791 water closets were either renewed, cleansed or repaired, as the result
of notices served.
1,220 sanitary dust receptacles, 42 manure receptacles were provided, and
'567 offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling houses.
2,588 yards, forecourts and areas, were paved or repaired.
12,510 special visits were made for the purpose of detecting overcrowding.
This number includes the visits made to model dwellings. Overcrowding was
found to exist in 1,489 dwellings and 51 workshops. The nuisances were abated
as the result of serving notices in all cases with the exception of 23, when
Police Court Proceedings had to be taken.
25 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances, but in one
case only was it found necessary to take proceedings against owners of
chimneys.