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72,069 re-visits were made to supervise the abatement of the nuisances
complained of.
575 visits were made to the houses of consumptive people who had been
notified by District Medical Officers.
Police Court proceedings were taken in 45 instances where the statutory
notices were disregarded. This number does not, of course, include proceedings
under the Food and Drugs Acts.
10,480 drains were tested and 2,496 were either constructed or re-constructed
cleansed or repaired, and 1,089 were trapped,
388 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 1,972 new closet pans and
traps were fixed, and 2,612 closets were either cleansed and repaired or provided
with additional light and ventilation, as well as 2,122 water closets provided
with proper flushing apparatus.
3,395 yards, forecourts and areas were paved or repaired.
Notices were served to provide sanitary dust receptacles to 1,352 houses, and
41 manure receptacles were provided; 737 offensive accumulations were removed
from the rear of dwelling houses.
430 houses were ventilated underneath the lower floor.
41 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
89 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
358 bakehouses were visited and 279 cleansing notices were served.
16,338 inspections were specially made for the purpose of detecting overcrowding
and 668 living rooms were found to be overcrowded. The nuisance
was abated in 513 cases without it being necessary to serve statutory notices.
Police Court proceedings were not necessary in any instance.
3,915 houses were cleansed and the water supply was re-instated to 178
houses.
767 sink, bath, lavatory and rainwater pipes were disconnected; miscellaneous
repairs were made to the roofs, floors, gutters, &c., of 5,633 houses
and damp walls were remedied in 702 houses.
The nuisaNce due to the keeping of animals was abated in 96 houses.