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The supply is not regarded as having particular plumbo-solvent
action.
None of the houses depends on a stand-pipe, all having a piped
supply direct to the house.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The Culvers Avenue site of 10.8 acres, required for the erection
of 103 temporary houses, was sewered and drained during the year.
In this work 433 yards of 6in. soil sewers, 258 yards of 6in. and
200 yards of 9in. surface water sewers were laid. Two hundred
and seventy drainage obstructions, affecting 699 houses, were dealt
with chiefly concerning combined drainage systems.
Rivers and Streams.
One complaint was received which was adequately dealt with.
Closet Accommodation.
All houses have water closets, only 27 of which, in unsewered
areas, are not connected to sewers.
Public Cleansing.
The collection of food refuse for pig feeding was continued, and
continued to present not a little difficulty from the point of view of
public hygiene.
Disposal of refuse, other than that having salvage value, is, as previously,
by incineration at the Council's destructor.
Sanitary Inspection.
The following information, supplied by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector, under Article 27 of the Sanitary Officers' Regulations, 1935
indicates the action taken in sanitary inspection during the year.
Investigations were made with regard to 1,799 complaints as
follows : —
Drains obstructed 299
Sewers obstructed 2
Drainage defects 24
General defective conditions 155
Dampnes 22
Roofs, gutters, etc. 46
Sink waste pipes 18
Water supplies 28
Dustbins 437
Accumulations 22
Refuse collection 127
Smoke nuisance 3
Rivers, ditches, ponds
UnSound food 119
Overcrowding 42
Obnoxious effluvia 35
Verminous premises 1
Scabies 97
Head lice 1
Rats and mice 195
Wasps 25
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