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NOTICES.
In connection with the nuisances and defects discovered,
notices as under were served during the year : —
Informal notices served (including verbal intimations) 264
Statutory notices served
Sec. 94, P.H. Act, 1875 (Nuisances) 20
Sec. 36, P.H. Act, 1875 (Dustbins) 4
24
Total 288
DETAILS OF DEFECTS REMEDIED AND
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED
DURING THE YEAR.
Water fittings repaired 17
Drains relaid or repaired 36
Drains unstopped and cleansed 26
Soil pipes and ventilating pipes repaired or renewed 48
Manholes newly constructed or repaired 30
Gullies renewed or cleansed 34
New stoppers fixed in rodeyes of interceptors 11
Water-closet walls, floors and roofs repaired 23
New pans fixed to water-closets 12
Flushing cisterns to water-closets repaired or renewed 24
Flush pipes and pan joints repaired or renewed 12
Glazed stoneware sinks provided 13
Waste pipes from sinks, etc., repaired or renewed 26
New dustbins provided 75
Yards paved or paving repaired 18
Roofs and gutters repaired 122
Damp-proof courses fixed 10
External walls repaired 24
Internal walls repaired 146
Rooms cleansed 243
Windows repaired 136
Fireplaces repaired 54
Offensive accumulations of refuse removed 15
Miscellaneous defects remedied 14
Total *1169
*Including 83 defects outstanding at end of 1922.
The number of defects outstanding at the end of 1923
was 85.