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Defects for the Abatement ef which Notices were
served during the year 1927.
Drains and Soil Pipes—
Cleansed 18
Repaired 654
W.C. Pans or Traps—
Cleansed 9
Repaired 74
New provided 240
Sinks and Sink Pipes—
Repaired 431
New provided 10
Stack-pipes and Rainwater
Gutters—
Repaired 1847
New provided 1
Water Fittings and
Cisterns—
Repaired 450
Flushing Apparatus—
Repaired 619
New provided 18
Water Supply provided 10
Yard Paving—
Repaired 1001
Defects remedied in
Roofs 3913
Floors 1345
Staircases 405
Windows 1490
Doors 567
Fireplaces 1100
Walls and Ceilings 13075
Coppers—
Repaired 87
Ditches, Urinals, etc.—
Cleansed 1
Repaired 1
Animals improperly kept 14
Offensive Accumulations 58
Overcrowding 26
Smoke Nuisance 142
Dust Receptacles pro
vided 1513
Rooms disinfected 3614
Premises infested wit
Rats 12
It frequently happens that a single san'tary notice specifies
many defects needing abatement.
Smoke Abatement.
Chimneys are at all times under general observation, special
detailed observations being made at intervals, or when complaints
are received. Responsible persons are interviewed, and letters of
warning sent, or notices served when occasions for such action
arise. The smoke rising from Railway Engines at a large Railway
Centre in the Borough is very appreciable. The same may
be said in respect to ships in the Docks when stoking is in progress.
By far the most smoke, however, comes from domestic
dwellings.
The number of warnings and notices issued during the year
was 142.
The Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, which
came into operation on the 1st July, 1927, amends in some respects
the Public Health Act of 1875, and gives more extensive powers
to Local Authorities for dealing with smoke nuisances.
Readings of atmospheric impurity are not taken.
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