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The following summary gives details of the complaints
received and dealt with during the year:—
Alleged defective and chcUed drains 65
Accumulations of refuse or manure 17
Non-removal of house refuse 16
Alleged over-crowding 15
Insanitary condition of house 13
Defective receptacles for household refuse 11
Nuisance from dampness 11
Nuisance from animals 8
Defective and uncovered drinking water cisterns 8
Insanitary water closets and urinals 11
Defective roofs, gutters and spouting 10
Smells from public sewer 6
Nuisance from stables 7
Nuisance from chimneys 5
Insanitary condition of passage 3
Burning of refuse 3
Flooding of basements 2
Unsound food 2
Dirty food store 1
Nuisance from rats 1
Other complaints 18
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House Drainage.
The amount of work carried out during the past year under
this heading was considerably in excess of that executed in
previous years. The drainage systems of 95 houses were either
entirely reconstructed, or repaired, according to the nature of
the defects discovered.
Seventy houses were entirely re-drained and the sanitary
fittings brought up-to-date; at twenty-five houses the drains
and sanitary fittings were repaired.
In sixty instances written application was made to the
Local Authority under the Public Health Acts, 1875 to 1907,
for the examination of drains and water closets. The necessary