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Nuisances from overcrowding abated 10
Accumulations of manure removed 7
In the above list it will be seen that ten
cases of overcrowding have been dealt with.
These occurred in Alpha Road, James Street and
Alpha Place. In two instances it was found necessary
to institute legal proceedings before the
magistrates in order to obtain the abatement of
the nuisance. One case was withdrawn, the
nuisance having been abated before the time of
hearing. In the other case the magistrates made
an order for the abatement of the nuisance and
ordered the defendant to pay 23/- costs.
Forty-nine houses have been provided with
sanitary dust bins where none previously existed,
eight brick ashpits have been abolished and portable
dust bins provided, and ten dilapidated ashpits
have been repaired.
One hundred and eighty-seven old iron container
and long hopper pan closets have been
abolished and closets of an approved form substituted.
House Drainage.
Entirely new drains have been laid to 105
houses, and at several other houses the drains
have been repaired. A good deal of drainage
work is at the present time in progress in the
district, which will be accounted for in the report
for 1899.
The following table shows the houses that
have been re-drained during the year —
"Glenedin," Church Hill Road.
Ivy Cottage, Pyne Road, Tolworth.
3, Claredale Villas, Victoria Road.
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