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Dangerous dilapidations remedied (floors, etc.) 23
Yards paved 4
Ditches cleansed 5
Stables and cowsheds drained, paved, etc. 10
Floor drainage provided to workshops 2
Offensive accumulations removed 11
Public-house urinals rebuilt, repaired, enlarged, etc. 25
COMPLAINT INSPECTION.
177 complaints were registered, alleging nuisances in respect
of 240 premises. Each matter was promptly investigated, and
reported on in the Report Book (with all other matters requiring
report or action), for consideration by the Health Committee,
and for authority to serve the necessarv notices, etc.
The various premises were afterwards re-visited (often frequently),
until the notices were complied with, or nuisances
abated.
HOUSE TO HODSE INSPECTION.
This valuable branch of the work has been well attended to,
the number of houses dealt with (454), comparing well with
former years.
This is not a mere inspection only, but includes the testing
of the drains of each house with the smoke machine, as well
as inspection for all other purposes.
The initial inspection takes but a small part of the time,
much more work being caused in getting the various items of
the notices complied with, after such notices have been served.
This work commenced in 1894, when the then Local Board
resolved on a "House-to-house inspection of cottage property