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1,305 yards, forecourts and areas were paved or repaired
Notices were served to provide 1,546 sanitary dust receptacles and 12 manure
receptacles; 484 offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling
houses.
51 houses were ventilated under the lower floor
5 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued from
being used as such
21 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances
307 visits were made to bakehouses
4,828 notices were served to have houses cleansed; water supply was reinstated
to 99 houses
70 sink, bath or rain-water pipes, which were communicating directly with the
drain, were disconnected.
7,763 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc, were carried out as
the result of notices served.
127 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the damp
walls of 678 rooms were remedied.
There are 2,512 houses registered as houses let in lodgings, and 3,785 visits
were made under the bye-laws.
Overcrowding—12,009 inspections were made for the purpose of detecting
overcrowding ; 93 rooms were found to be overcrowded.
The number of registered milkshops at the end of 1919 was 413, and 1,422
visits were made to inspect the condition of the premises, milk receptacles, etc.
Ice cream was manufactured at 99 premises, and 191 visits were made to them
282 verminous persons were cleansed and their clothing disinfected, and 1,979
verminous premises were dealt with during the year.
Disinfection—52,311 articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting Station during
the year.
2,785 rooms were fumigated and the bedding, etc, removed to be disinfected
by steam ; 2,230 rooms were disinfected because of infectious disease, 477 as a result
of pulmonary tuberculosis, and 78 rooms were verminous In addition to these,
scabies occurred in 974 families and their bedding was taken away and disinfected
with steam.
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