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Nuisances and Complaints.
The register book of nuisances and complaints contains 190
cases which admit of the following classification :
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys.
41
„ „ water supply
5
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c
25
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
amnioniacal liquor, bad meat, &c
13
Overcrowding and bad ventilation
7
The state of the dead house
2
Smoke nuisances
8
Animals being kept, and noises from
8
Smells from the Canal Basin
7
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c
57
Smells from decaying substances
Yj
7
Miscellaneous other complaints
10
190
A few of these complaints were of a trivial character.
Thanks are clue to the Clergy, Medical Men, Vestrymen and
Ratepayers, from whom at all times much valuable information
has been elicited. The large number of complaints arising from
the accumulation and retention of dung, garbage and refuse from
trade (57 in number), and the frequent complaint of defective
drainage and untrapped gulleys (4G in number), indicate the
necessity for an improvement and active supervision in these
matters.
TABLE IV.
Summary of Sanitary Work for Quarter ending September 28tli, 1867.
I.—Inspections consequent
on Nuisances, Com- ,
plaints, and Offensive
and Injurious Trades.
Houses and Places Inspected with respect to their
Sanitary state
314
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
43
Works done
81
Works in progrsss
—
Inspections of Offensive Trades
44
„ Mews and Manure Wharves
193
„ Cow-houses
35
,, Slaughter-houses
64
,, Bake-houses
—
„ Mortuary or Dead-house
42
,, Provision Markets
13
,, Churches, Chapels and Schools
2
,, Factories, Work-rooms and other Public
Institutions
11
II.—Systematic Sanitary
Inspection of Dwellings
f Houses and Treatises visited and inspected
313
Re-inspections
120
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
CO
Works executed
120
III. — Attendances upon
Magistrates, Surveyor,
at thePoliceCourts,&c.
Summonses
2
For obtaining Summonses
—
„ hearing „
—
Letters written
50
Fines and Penalties paid
£5