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Closet Accommodation.—Mr. Spicer reports that 3,715 houses
have water closets discharging- to the sewers, and 68 to cesspools,
and that 79 are provided with earth closets.
Scavenging.—House refuse is collected weekly by the Council's
staff, under the supervision of the Surveyor; it is deposited at the
Sewage Farm, at a considerable distance from any dwellings.
The houses are provided with movable covered ashbins.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The Sanitary Inspector gives
the following summary of inspections during the year:-
Total number of inspections 2980
Houses inspected under Housing Acts 139
,, „ ,, Public Health Acts 324
Inspections of slaughter-houses 102
,, dairies 51
,, cowsheds 34
,, bakehouses 30
„ laundries 33
,, factories 80
„ workshops 75
,, tents, vans, sheds, etc 54
,, food shops ami business premises 199
„ rat-infested premises 150
„ schools 10
,, premises re cesspools 115
Visits in connection with infectious disease 83
Re-inspections of work in progress 1501
During the year 159 complaints were received; 332 preliminary
and 153 statutory notices were served, and at the end of the year 410
notices had been complied with, and work was proceeding in respect
of 50 notices.
The chief works carried out, with respect to' dwelling houses and
drainage, in response to these notices were: roofs repaired, 87;
spouting repaired, 55; windows repaired, 101; windows made to open,
10; dampness abated, 15; coppers repaired, 66; floors levelled and
repaired, 21; fireplaces repaired, 11; interiors of houses cleansed, 160;
sinks provided, 11; sinks replaced, 9; additional W.C.s. provided, 3;
W.C. pans renewed, 21; W.C.s. cleansed, 37; flushing apparatus
repaired, 19; urinals cleansed, 11; new drains, 9; drains reconstructed,
13; drains cleansed, 51; soil-pipes repaired, 3; gullies provided, 23;
yards paved, 38; yards drained, 11; new ashbins provided, 75. Among
other nuisances abated were nuisances from piggeries, 4; from keeping
of other animals, 17; from accumulations, 32; from rats, 39.
Smoke Abatement.—Several complaints were received of nuisance
from smoke, particularly from two factory chimneys; 39 hourly and
several casual observations, were made, but at no time was more than
a transitory emission of black smoke observed, and the Sanitary
Inspector was unable to report that it could be declared to; be a
nuisance.