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5
Number of houses supplied with water
4
„ „ found dirty, cleansed and limewashed
47
,, ,, found to be overcrowded
8
„ „ reported as unfit for human habitation
13
„ „ reopened after repairs
4
„ miscellaneous nuisances
25
,, seizures of unsound food (fish)
1
„ dead bodies removed to mortuary
5
„ drains tested by smoke or water test
46
Common Lodging Houses—The whole of the common lodging houses within the
district have been regularly and frequently inspected by day, and night inspections
have also been made. The periodical cleansing and limewashing of the premises has
been attended to and the houses generally found in a clean and satisfactory condition.
One house has been condemned as unfit for the purposes of a common lodging house
and two summonses have been taken out for keeping unregistered houses, convictions
being obtained in each case. A printed copy of the byelaws for the regulation of
common lodging houses has been posted up in each of the houses.
Number of houses on register 8
,, lodgers registered for 115
,, visits by day 143
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,, houses closed 1
,, summonses taken out 2
,, convictions 3
Amount of penalties and costs £2 2 0
Dairies, Milkshops, &c.—These have been frequently inspected and found in
clean and satisfactory condition.
Number of premises on register 17
,, applications to register 2
,, inspections made frequent
Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses, &c.—During the year the 22 bakehouses within
the District have been frequently inspected and the limewashing and cleansing
of the premises has been attended to. The slaughterhouses (8 in number) have also
been periodically visited, principally on killing days, and found complying with the
Byelaws.
Factories, Workshops, Schools—The factories, workshops, schools, &c., have
received attention during the year, and during the inspections were found in a clean
and satisfactory condition.
Infectious Disease :
Number of houses inspected on the occurence of infectious disease 90
„ „ disinfected 46
„ „ stripped and cleansed 17
„ articles of bedding, clothing, &c., disinfected in steam disinfecting
apparatus 158
„ patients conveyed to Isolation Hospital 38
During the hot weather handbills were printed and distributed within the district
with reference to Cholera, Diarrhoea, &c., and pointing out the means to be adopted
to resist and prevent such diseases finding a footing in the neighbourhood.