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SLAUGHTER- HOUSES.
15. There are 12 slaughter-houses on the Register as in
1911. 49 inspections were made, and 3 notices served and
complied with.
NUISANCES (See Table XVa.).
16. 361 complaints of sanitary defects were received and
investigated, compared with 497, 398, and 400, in the three
preceding years.
29 complaints of non-removal of dust were made and
attended to, compared with 28, 26, and 20, in the three
preceding years. 4 of the dust complaints came from Wool
wich Parish, 17 from Plumstead, and 8 from Eltham.
The dust in Woolwich is collected by your Council's employees,
but that in Plumstead and Eltham by two different
contractors.
17. Drains and Water-closets. 16 defective combined
drains were investigated and reported on by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, compared with 22, 7, and 27, in the three preceding
years. These drains affected 108 houses.
399 private drains, found choked and defective, were
examined, cleared, and re-laid, compared with 440, 411, and
319, in the three preceding years. The largest number—97—
was found in River Ward.
890 water-closets and w.c. cisterns were repaired, compared
with 992, 963, and 734, in the three preceding years.
238 foul w.c. pans were cleansed by tenants, compared with
197, 312, and 279, in the three preceding years.