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Other information required by Ministry of Health Circular 1/63 is as follows:-
Number of dwelling houses supplied from public
water mains:-
(a) Direct to the houses No record kept.
Population supplied Est.1962 - 56,850
(b) By means of stand-pipes Nil
Population supplied Nil
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
The arrangements for sewerage and sewage disposal in the Borough are
adequate. The Corporation's Sewage Disposal Works is capable of taking
the whole flow of it, but a scheme for the completion of the modernisation
of the Works has not yet reached finality.
REGISTERED COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
These are no registered common lodging houses within the Borough.
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
The following is a summary of the complaints received and the visits made
during the year 1962:-
Complaints received.
General disrepair and insanitary conditions 220
Dampness 41
Overcrowding 13
Defective drainage systems 25
Blocked drainage systems 172
Defective drainage fittings 29
Defective W.C. pans and/or flushing apparatus 19
Defective service water pipes 13
Absence of or defective dustbins 25
Accumulations of refuse, etc. 82
Rats and mice 236
Insect pests, etc. 138
Smoke nuisances 51
Unsound food 121
Noise 22
Miscellaneous 39
Alleged nuisance from Sewage Works outside Borough
Boundary 566
1,812
* Includes petition with 464 signatures.
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