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(e) Any other particulars with respect See
to overcrowding conditions upon special
which the Medical Officer of Housing
Health may consider it desirable Section
to report Report.
Number of cases of overcrowding in houses owned by
Corporation which have been relieved during year Nil.
Number of cases of overcrowding which have been
relieved in the course of Slum Clearance operations Nil.
Housing Inspections.
Further details of the inspections made and the work accomplished
under this heading during the year are fully set out in the
special report under the Housing Section in this report.
Complaints.
Four hundred and seventy-six complaints were received with
reference to the following matters, viz.:—
Defective drains and sanitary fittings 63
Defective water storage tanks and fittings 5
Absence of, or defective dustbins 89
Insanitary condition of houses 6
Insanitary condition of passageways, etc. 1
Nuisance from dampness 44
Nuisance from general defects, etc. 73
Nuisance from keeping of animals 11
Nuisance from rats and mice 37
Smoke nuisances 11
Nuisances from overcrowding —
Verminous premises 47
Accumulation of refuse or manure 19
Miscellaneous 70