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Inhabited House Duty.
During the year, 15 applications were received for certificates under the
Revenue Act, 1903, for the purpose of securing remission or reduction of inhabited
house duty. These referred to 116 tenements, of which 78 were satisfactory
and 38 unsatisfactory. Certificates were refused for the latter.
General Sanitary Work.
In the Sanitary Inspectors' Report Table will be found the amount of
work carried out by each Inspector during the year, together with its nature.
29,693 houses were inspected, 7,003 being the result of house to house
visitation.
12,477 intimation notices were served for the abatement of various
nuisances, and it was necessary to serve 6,970 statutory notices before these
defects were remedied.
68,774 re-visits were made to supervise the abatement of the nuisances
complained of.
Police Court proceedings were taken in 41 cases where the statutory
notices were disregarded. This does not include proceedings under the Food
and Drugs Acts.
7,326 drains were tested by smoke, and 2,414 were either constructed or
re-constructed, cleansed or repaired, and 901 were trapped.
259 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated ; 1,674 new closet pans and
traps were fixed, and 3,929 closets were either cleansed and repaired, or provided
with additional light and ventilation.
3,181 yards, forecourts and areas were paved or repaired.
Notices were served to provide 1,914 sanitary dust receptacles and 23
manure receptacles were provided; 892 offensive accumulations were removed
from the rear of dwelling houses.
396 houses were ventilated underneath the lower floor.
78 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
119 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
346 bakehouses were visited, and 295 cleansing notices were served.
Overcroivding.—13,686 inspections were specially made for the purpose of
detecting overcrowding, 585 living rooms were found to be overcrowded. The