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House Inspection.—Either as the result of inspections
made on complaint, in consequence of the occurrence of infectious
disease, requests by occupiers and other general inspections,
the following work was executed at 1,040 houses; these,
together with the 973 previously mentioned, making a total of
2,013 houses where the details of inspection have included
those required by the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations
made under Section 17 of the Housing and Town
Planning Act:—
Accumulations removed 91
Cisterns provided 29
Cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered 53
Drains, new provided 38
Drains, repaired or altered 107
Drains, stoppages removed 106
Dustbins provided 72
Flushing boxes, new provided 33
Flushing boxes, repaired 117
Manure receptacles provided 8
Overcrowding nuisances abated 42
Rainwater pipes disconnected 136
Roofs repaired 46
Rooms disinfected 871
Rooms stripped and cleansed 616
Soil pipes, new provided 22
Soil pipes, repaired or altered 26
Ventilating pipes, new provided 50
Ventilating pipes, repaired or altered 32
Waste pipes, new provided 93
Waste pipes, repaired, disconnected or
trapped 36
Water closets, new provided 75
Water closets, repaired or ventilated 31
Water services restored 20
Yards cleansed 21
Yards paved 115
Guttering repaired 25
Floors ventilated 81
Nuisances abated from damp walls 147
Other nuisances abated 522
Total 3661
One of the chief outstanding facts revealed by these
inspections is the almost total absence of any proper accommodation
for the occupiers to store food. The general provision
appeared to be a cupboard under the stairs in the passage
or kitchen, or one improvised by means of an old box in the
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