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A number of cases of overcrowding has again been met with, but now
that the Council houses are all occupied more difficulty is experienced in
dealing with these cases. Service of notice to abate overcrowding is almost
a hopeless method of dealing with the problem as in practically all cases
it simply means the removal of the nuisance to another place to be discovered
on subsequent inspection. Whilst admitting that the problem is,
comparatively, a much smaller one in this district than in larger towns
and cities, it is sufficiently apparent to cause anxiety from the point of
view of the health and morals of those persons compelled by force of circumstances
to live under these most unsuitable conditions.
NUISANCES DEALT WITH AND ABATED
DURING THE YEAR
Dampness 9
Guttering and downspouts repaired 20
Rooms cleansed and repapered or distempered 134
Ceilings cleansed and limewashed or distempered 117
Ceilings repaired 10
Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 10
Flushing cisterns repaired, regulated 5
Drinking water taps repaired 1
Blocked drains cleared 26
Roofs repaired 18
New glazed sinks fixed 6
New W.C. basins fixed 7
W.C. basins repaired or cleansed 8
Other W.C. nuisances 15
New inspection chambers constructed 3
New manhole covers fixed 5
New galvanised iron dustbins 57
Yards repaved or repaired 26
Scullery floors repaved or repaired 7
Water cisterns repaired 11
Covers provided to water cisterns 8
Want of proper water supply owing to defects in pipes, etc 3
Floors repaired 3
Houses totally re-drained 3
House drains repaired and portions re-laid 7
New vent pipes fixed 1
Coppers repaired 9
Accumulations removed 8
From keeping pigs 3
From keeping other animals 4
Slaughter house nuisances 7
Private road nuisances 1
Urinal nuisances 1
Cesspool nuisances 2
Broken window frames, sashcords, etc. 12