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Complaints have also been again made of the nuisance from the reburning
of animal charcoal on the premises of Mr. Brinjes, in Back Church
Lane, and also in those of Mr. Davis, in Rupert Street. Unless Mr.
Brinjes adopt further measures for the abatement of this nuisance, it will
be necessary to re-commence proceedings against him, and it will also be
incumbent on the Board to commence proceedings against Mr. Davis,
unless the nuisance on his premises is abated. The nuisance arising from
the bone-boiling premises of Mr. Seaborn, in Thomas Street, has also been
made a subject of complaint. I have already directed the attention of the
Board to this matter, and the Clerk has received instructions to take the
necessary proceedings to compel an abatement of the nuisance.
Sanitary Work Performed during the Quarter.
The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the Quarter:
Number of inspections of houses, as shown in the Official Returns...8820
Houses systematically visited and rooms measured to ascertain their
cubic capacity 667
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 5
Number of cases of indecent occupation discovered 51
Preliminary Notices served for 1016 premises 619
Compulsory Orders issued 44
Summonses heard at Police Courts 3
Houses in which the rooms or passages have been white-washed 273
Dust-bins provided 59
Privies cleansed or repaired225
Water-butts or cisterns provided or repaired 101
Drains in houses improved, &c. 128
Cesspools abolished 2
Accumulations of dung and other offensive matter removed 192
Area gratings, cellar flaps, &c., repaired 20
Cellars used as dwellings discontinued for such use 7
*Houses closed, the same being unfit for human habitation (the
owners preferring to close them rather than carry out the necessary
requirements 5
Animals, so kept as to be a nuisance, removed 1
Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 160
Number of Special Notices served for registration of houses 30
*During the last year 65 houses were closed, in consequence of their being unlit for habitation,
the greater number of these houses belong to the Railway Company, who, upon being served with
Notices to put them in habitable repair, either closed them or pulled them down.