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100 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 505 new closet pans and traps
were fixed; 1,419 closets were either cleansed or repaired or provided with
additional light and ventilation; 1,241 water-closets were provided with proper
flushing apparatus.
987 yards, forecourts and areas were paved or repaired.
Notices were served to provide 782 sanitary dust receptacles, and 12 manure
receptacles; 589 offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling
houses.
74 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
17 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued from
being used as such.
23 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
329 visits were made to bakehouses.
2,858 notices were served to have houses cleansed; water supply was reinstated
to 110 houses.
156 sink, bath or rain-water pipes, which were communicating directly with
the drain, were disconnected.
5,735 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, &c., were made as the result
of notices served.
59 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the damp
walls of 512 rooms were remedied.
There are 741 houses registered as houses let in lodgings, and 972 visits
were made under the bye-laws.
Overcrozcding.—12,159 inspections were made for the purpose of detecting
overcrowding. 188 rooms were found to be overcrowded. Police Court proceedings
were taken in one instance.
The number of registered milkshops at the end of 1917 was 456, and 1,973 visits
were made to inspect the condition of the premises, milk receptacles, &c.
Ice cream was manufactured at 96 premises and 212 visits were made to them.
163 verminous persons were cleansed and their clothing disinfected, and 1,280
verminous premises were dealt with during the year.
Disinfection.—27,758 articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting Station during
the year.
2,082 rooms were fumigated and the bedding, etc., removed to be disinfected by
steam; 1,414 rooms were disinfected because of infectious diseases, 615 as a result
of pulmonary tuberculosis, and 53 rooms were verminous. In addition to these,
scabies occurred in 789 families and their bedding was taken away and disinfected
with steam.