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it arrives at the cistern. Where the waste-pipe from the cistern is passed
into the drain of the water-closet, the water in the cistern will, at times.
become contaminated. This contamination occasionally occurs in high
rented houses.
The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the quarter :—
Number of houses visited, as shown in the official
returns 7,733
Houses systematically visited and rooms measured
to ascertain the cubic capacity 715
Number of rooms found to be over-crowded, the
space being less than 300 cubic feet for each
person, reckoning two children for one adult 16
Number of cases of indecent occupation discovered 32
Preliminary Notices served 621
Compulsory Orders issued for 172 premises 67
Summonses heard at Police Courts 10
Houses in which the rooms or passages have been
whitewashed 320
Dust-bins provided 58
Privies cleansed or repaired 211
Water-butts or Cisterns provided 65
Drains in Houses improved 129
Cesspools abolished 19
Accumulations of Dung and other Offensive Matter
removed 112
Area Gratings, Cellar Flaps, &c., repaired 18
Trades' nuisances abated. The most noxious part of
the businesses being discontinued. (The Boneboiling
premises in Buck's Row, and a Fellmongers'
premises in Buxton Street) 2
Cellars used as Dwellings discontinued for such use 1
Houses closed, the same being unfit for human
habitation 24
Animals (Dogs) so kept as to be a nuisance, removed 3
Yards of Houses paved or the pavement repaired 152
In addition to this return, the Inspectors report that they have forwarded
to the Police authorities several notices of dangerous structures,
and have also given intimation to them of all the rooms which they have
found, on a house to house visitation, to be occupied by more than one
family. The Act requires that, all rooms so let, be registered under the
Common Lodging House Act.