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COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
Summary
Accumulations of Refuse 106
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Animals causing a nuisance 21
Dampness and Housing defects 201
Drains and sewers—choked 69
—defective 67
Dustbins defective 27
Flooding—Gardens 16
Vermin 25
Insect infestations 54
Overcrowding, alleged 11
Smoke nuisances 21
Watercourse 11
Other complaints (wasps' nests, defective fences) 289
Food unfit (excluding requests received from shops to visit and
inspect food) 31
NOTICES SERVED
Under Housing Act, 1957
Statutory Notices served under S.9 requiring execution of
repair work
Dwellings reported under SS. 16/17 as being unfit for human
habitation 11
Dwellings reported under S.18 (closing orders) 2
Informal notices served under S.9 9
Under Public Health Act, 1936:
Statutory Notices under:—
(i) S.24—work to a public sewer 77
(ii) S.39 —repair or renewal of drains 4
(iii) S.45—repair or renewal of defective water closets 1
(iv) S.56—undrained or badly drained yard area 1
(v) S.75—renewal of a dustbin 1
(vi) S.93—abatement of a nuisance 19
(vii) Informal notices served 1,860