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In 222 instances draw-taps were placed on the main to the
house, in compliance with notice from the Health Department,
in lieu of a supply drawn from an inaccessible and uncovered
cistern.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The arrangement of the sewerage of the district is the separate
system, and the method of disposal at the outfall works is that
of precipitation and bacterial filtering beds, the effluent being
passed into the Thames.
New bye-laws are required governing the re-construction and
alteration of existing drainage.
Closet Accommodation.
Accommodation on the water carriage system is almost
general throughout the district, 98 per cent. of the houses having
water-closets.
Scavenging.
The removal of house refuse and the scavenging of streets
are under the control of the Surveyor's Department. The collection
of house refuse is conducted once a week from every
house and from business premises by arrangement.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Details of inspections and work done is set out in Table X.
of this report.
The number of premises inspected on receipt of complaint
was 368, and the number of house-to-house inspections 122. Investigations
at houses where infectious diseases had been notified
numbered 222.
The number of nuisances recorded was 589, but at the end
of the year 431 of these had been remedied, leaving 158 premises
in which nuisances still existed.