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SANITARY INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.
February 28th, 1907.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to submit my Eleventh Annual Report of
the work done in the Sanitary Department during
the year ending December 31st, 1900.
Complaints.
During the year 97 complaints relating to
nuisances in the district were received, viz.:—
Defective condition of house drainage 32
Insanitary condition of premises 15
Offensive smells from various causes 14
Offensive accumulations 13
Closets without a supply of water 4
Want of dust receptacles 3
Non-removal of house refuse 5
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance 5
Nuisances from overcrowding 4
Smoke nuisances 2
Total 97
Each complaint was duly recorded in the
Complaint Book and immediately investigated and
all necessary steps were taken in respect thereof.
The complaints regarding the non-removal of
house refuse were, as in previous years, acknowledged,
and referred to the Surveyor's Department,
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