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10
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
The remarks which were made in last year's report with regard
to the water supply, drainage and sewerage, closet accommodation
and scavenging of the district, apply generally to the year under
report.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Some particulars of the work done are set out in the Appendix
to this report.
Nuisances, Contraventions of Byelaws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of unremedied nuisances* brought forward from
1917 was 322. The number of nuisances recorded during the year
was 209, but during the year 137 nuisances were remedied, leaving
394 premises in which nuisances still existed at the end of the year.
During the year, nuisances at 16 houses were reported to the
Health Committee, which added to the 29 brought forward from
1917, make a total of 45. Statutory notices were authorised and
served in most of these cases, and by the end of the year, the
nuisances were remedied in 38 of the houses, leaving 7 cases to
be carried forward in 1919.
More properly, houses in which nuisances were found.
Premises and Occupations controlled by Bye-laws or
Regulations.
There are about 350 premises in this district which call for
periodical inspection such as the following :—
Houses let in Lodgings, Common Lodging Houses, Bakehouses,
Slaughter-houses, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops,
Offensive Trades, Laundries (non factory) and Workshops and
Work Places.
Owing to pressure of work, the Inspector of Nuisances has
been unable to tabulate the number of inspections and other work
in connection with these premises.