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THE SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT
For the Year ending December 31st, 1898.
The following is the Sanitary Inspector's return of the Nuisances dealt with, and other work done
during the year :—
Number of Complaints received in writing 42
Number of premises inspected under Sec. 92 of the Public Health Act, 1875 1,077
Number of Nuisances discovered 187
Ditto reported to the Sanitary Authority 137
Ditto remedied after report 187
Number of Notices served for the Abatement of Nuisances, under Section 91 88
Ditto Ditto under Sec. 82 of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 1
Particulars of Work done by owners or occupiers, fur the abatement of Nuisances, most cases
in compliance with notices :
Number of privies, cesspools, ditches, pools, watercourses, urinals, ashpits, and drains, cleansed,
and number of deposits removed 287
Number of old privies re-constructed as water-closets —
Number of Premises at which the drains were re-constructed, ventilated, trapped, or disconnected
from the house pipes or rain-water pipes 72
Number of Premises at which new drains or cesspools were provided under Sec. 23 or Sec. 94 29
Number of Premises from which animals, improperly kept, were removed 5
Number of Houses which were provided with efficient ventilation 3
Number ot Houses at which injurious overcrowding was abated 4
Number of damp, unwholesome Houses, which were repaired 28
Number of filthy Houses which were cleansed and whitewashed 40
Legal proceedings taken, under Sec. 96, for Abatement of Nuisances (number of times) ... 6
Ditto under Sec. 82 of Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890 (No. of times)
Houses condemned by the Justices as unfit for human habitation, under Sec. 97 —
Ditto Ditto under Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of Samples of Water sent to the Medical Officer of Health for Analysis 9
Number of Wells permanently or temporarily closed, after notice, under Sec. 70 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, as unfit for drinking or domestic purposes 3
Number of Houses to which water was supplied by owners of premises after notice, under Sec.
62 of that Act. 17