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Notices were served to provide 5,932 sanitary dust receptacles, and 19 manure
receptacles; 612 offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling
houses.
160 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
12 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued from
being used as such.
38 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
316 visits were made to bakehouses.
13,237 notices were served to have houses cleansed.
164 sink, bath or rain-water pipes, which were communicating directly with
the drain were disconnected.
32,388 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc., were carried out as
the result of notices served.
309 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the damp
walls of 2,007 rooms were remedied.
There are 2,512 houses registered as houses-let-in-lodgings, and 5,857 visits
were made under the bye-laws.
The number of registered milkshops at the end of 1920 was 420, and 1,616
visits were made to inspect the condition of the premises, milk receptacles, etc.
Ice cream was manufactured at 119 premises, and 224 visits were made to
them.
4,456 verminous premises were dealt with during the year.
Disinfection.—163,623 articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting Station
during the year.
3,837 rooms were fumigated, and the bedding, etc., removed to be disinfected
by steam; 3,367 rooms were disinfected because of infectious disease ; 417 as a
result of pulmonary tuberculosis, and 53 rooms were verminous. In addition to
these, scabies occurred in 732 families, and their bedding was taken away and
disinfected with steam.
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