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Doors rehung or repaired 3
Cisterns repaired, cleansed, covered or removed 8
Window Sills renewed or repaired 34
Staircases lighted and ventilated 11
Stair Treads renewed 7
Unsafe Staircase removed 1
Ditch cleansed 1
Common Lodging-House cleansed and bedding
renewed 1
New Scullery Apartment 1
Movable Ashbins provided 130
Nuisance from overcrowding abated 28
Nuisance from animals abated 7
Accumulation of Manure'e or Refuse removed 4
Water Supply direct from Main 28
Premises Limewashed (Workshops, etc.) 5
Firegrates repaired or renewed 47
Pumps for Water Supply repaired or renewed 1
Stables abolished 2
Milk Stores provided 1
Sheds removed 1
Defective Coppers repaired 32
Brickwork of Walls repaired 40
Handrails provided to Staircases 33
Manure or Offal Receptacles provided or repaired 3
Food Preparing Premises repaired or cleansed 2
Nuisance from Smoke abated 1
Offensive Trade discontinued 1
Miscellaneous 48
Meat and Food Inspection.
The work of Meat and Foods Inspection again received
considerable attention, and every care was taken to ensure
that no diseased, unsound or unwholesome foodstuffs were
deposited or exposed for sale.
During the year, 769 visits were paid to premises
where food is prepared or exposed for sale. Included in
this number are 220 visits to slaughter-houses. As far as
possible, the time of visiting slaughter-houses was arranged
to coincide with the time of slaughtering.
Practically double the number of visits were made to
slaughter-houses during 1924 compared with 1923, The