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Removal of Nuisances.
17
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT, Continued.
Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, Inspector.
Number
of Cases.
Apartments disinfected
93
Apartments cleansed or disinfected
25
Dust Bins provided or repaired
72
Yard Paving repaired
86
Houses cleansed throughout
137
Partial cleansing and colouring
142
Water Butts cleansed, repaired, or New Butts or Cisterns set up
98
Service Pipes repaired
37
Sinks in Yards repaired and trapped
62
Pans in Water Closets cleansed, or New Pans provided
49
Roofs repaired
135
Drains opened, cleansed and amended
84
Offensive Accumulations removed
19
Rain Water Gutters and Pipes provided or repaired
75
Water Closets repaired
29
New Closets erected
2
Yards Limewashed
175
Supply of Water provided
39
Closet Drains trapped
14
Other Improvements
141
Fronts of Houses limewashed
153
Piggery abolished
1
Catgut Premises inspected
2
Bone Boilers' Premises inspected
4
Horse Slaughterer's Premises inspected
1
Tallow Melters' Premises inspected
2
Improved Ventilation
5
Overcrowding Cases
8
Bakehouses inspected
39
Slaughter Houses inspected
2
Cowsheds inspected
6
Disinfected in the Apparatus, Bedding, &c., lots
62
Total
1799
During the year, 2½ kits of Plaice, 3 turns of Haddocks, and 1½ barrels of
Oysters were seized and destroyed, as unfit for human food.