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DIRTY PREMISES.
Under this form of nuisance are included dirty walls and
ceilings, and at 901 premises the internal cleansing of walls and
ceilings has been performed, the figures for the previous year
being 768. By reference to the nuisance table inset facing page
117, it will be seen that there have been 2,027 house to house
inspections made, and at 521 of the houses internal dirty walls
and ceilings were discovered. This is equal to 25.7 per cent. of
the inspections made, while as a result of ordinary routine
work, which includes the inspections made upon complaint, and
at dairies, slaughterhouses, bakehouses, etc., the inspections
were 3,995, and nuisances arising from dirty walls and ceilings
were 383, being equal to 9.6 per cent., the figures for 1913
being 8.25.
ROOFS, EAVES GUTTERS, AND RAIN-WATER PIPES.
In 381 instances Notices have been served upon owners to
abate nuisances caused by defective roofs, eaves gutters, and rain
water pipes. Serious damage is often done to property by
neglecting to keep in thorough repair the roof, eaves gutterings,
and rain-water pipes of the houses. A defective rain-water pipe
or eaves gutter will cause extensive damage to the property as
well as much discomfort to the occupiers, and yet it frequently
occurs that an owner regards a Notice respecting this form of
nuisance as unnecessary.
STORAGE OF DRINKING WATER.
The Inspectors in discharging their duties have given special
attention to this important branch of sanitary work, viz., seeing
that the dwelling houses inspected have at their command a
wholesome supply of water for drinking and domestic purposes.
In 147 houses improvement has been effected, in 129 instances
a branch pipe from the Water Board's rising main has been fixed,
and in 18 cases cisterns cleansed and fitted with proper coverings;
the figures for the previous year being 468 branches from rising
main fixed and 55 cisterns cleansed and covered. There is a
decrease in figures for 1914 as compared with 1913, but this
is explained by the fact that at all houses built in recent years
a branch pipe from the rising main has been insisted upon as well