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evening and removes the full bins. There is no spilling of
material and the daily collection enables the waste to be
removed before advanced decomposition can take place.
The contractor makes his own terms with the shopkeepers
and has been engaged by the Markets Committee
to collect the waste from the fish stalls in the Market.
Thirty-seven visits were made to offensive trade
premises during 1933. These visits were in addition to
reinspections after notices or warnings.
COMPLAINTS.
Two hundred and forty complaints were received
during the year, as follows:—
Drains and sanitary arrangements 60
Overcrowding 6
Overcrowding of Workroom 1
Condition of Premises 70
Accumulations of manure and non collection of house
refuse 12
Dampness and defective roofs, gutters, etc. 15
Smoke nuisance from chimneys 10
Defective stoves and copper 6
Rats 6
Water supply 6
Keeping of animals and fowls 5
Unpaved yards and passages 3
Nuisance from flies 2
Condition of roadway 2
Defective Geyser 1
Flooding of basement 2
Nuisance from burning refuse 6
Defective ashbins 2
Unsafe chimney stacks 2
Nuisance from refuse tip 4
Nuisance from cesspools 3
Offensive Trade premises 1
Obstruction of Light and Air to premises 3
Miscellaneous 12
Total 240