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THE SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT
For the Year ending December 31st, 1904.
The following is the Sanitary Inspector's return of the Nuisances dealt with, and other work
done during the year:—
Number of Complaints received, including six complaints of Non-removal of House Refuse 58
Number of visits to premises, including re-inspections, viz.: —
Under Sec. 23, Drainage 139
Ditto 92, Nuisances 455
Infectious Cases 50
Factories 8
Workshops 20
Slaughter-houses 7
New Building, Drain Testing 185
864
Number of premises on which Nuisances were discovered 123
Ditto reported to the Sanitary Authority 864
Ditto remedied after report 109
Ditto work in hand and under notice 14
Number of Notices served for the Abatement of Nuisances, under Section 94 100
Ditto ditto new drainage under Section 23 8
108
Ditto ditto under Sec. 32 of Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 1
Legal proceedings taken, under Sec. 96, for Abatement of Nuisances (number of times) —
Ditto under Bye-Laws, for improper keeping of animals —
Ditto under Sec. 32 of Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890 (No. of times) —
Houses condemned by the Justices as unfit for human habitation, under Section 97 —
Particulars of Work done by Owners or Occupiers, for the Abatement of Nuisances, in most cases
in compliance with notices :
Number of privies and cesspools emptied, and accumulations removed 5
Number of old privies re-constructed as water closets -
Number of new earth closets constructed —
Number of Premises at which new drains were provided under Sec. 23 or Sec. 94 27
Ditto ditto ditto without notice 62
Number of New Houses connected to the sewers 82
171
Number of Premises from which animals, improperly kept, were removed 1
Number of Houses which were provided with sanitary ashbins 13
Number of Houses at which injurious overcrowding was abated 4
Number of damp, unwholesome Houses, which were repaired 76
Ditto ditto paved at rear 45
Number of Houses which were cleansed and whitewashed 65
Scheduled diseases 20
Number of Houses which were disinfected after disease ' Phthisis 5 27
Other Diseases 2
Houses closed by Owners after notice under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 1
Houses repaired under Justices order —
Number of Houses to which water was supplied by Owners of premises after notice 2
WM. WILLIS GALE, A.M.I.C.E.,
Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector.
14th February, 1904.