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APPENDIX.
THE SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT
For the Year ending December 31st, 1903.
Number of complaints received in writing 105
Number of premises inspected under Sec. 92 of the Public Health Act, 1875 466
Number of nuisances discovered 331
Ditto remedied without being reported 17
Ditto reported to the Sanitary Authority 314
Ditto remedied after report 302
Number of preliminary notices served by the inspector for the abatement of
nuisances 157
Number of notices for the abatement of nuisances served by order of the
Sanitary Authority 41
Particulars oj Work done by owners or occupiers, for the abatement
of nuisances, in compliance with notices:
Number of privies, cesspools, ditches, pools, water courses, urinals, ashpits,
and drains, cleansed, and number of deposits removed 143
Number of new privies or water-closets provided —
Number of premises at which the drains were re-constructed, ventilated,
trapped, or disconnected from the house pipes 92
Number of houses at which the water-closets were provided with water under
Sec. 36 of the Public Health Act, 1875 —
Number of premises from which animals, improperly kept, were removed 5
Number of houses which were provided with efficient ventilation 14
Number of houses at which injurious overcrowding was abated 6
Legal proceedings taken under Sec. 96, for abatement of nuisances (number
of times) —
Houses closed as unfit for human habitation 4
Number of houses at which disinfection was carried out, after notice under
Sec. 5 of the Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890 47
Number of foul houses cleansed and whitewashed, after notice under Sec. 46
of the Public Health Act, 1875 93
Number of premises from which offensive accumulations have been removed
after notice, under Sec. 49 of the Public Health Act 21
Seizure of unwholesome meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables, corn, bread,
flour or milk, under Sec. 116 of the Public Health Act, 1875 5
Legal proceedings and convictions, under Sec. 117 —
Water Supply—
Number of samples of water sent to the Medical Officer of Health for analysis —
Number of wells permanently or temporarily closed, after notice under Sec.
70 of the Public Health Act, as unfit for drinking purposes —
Number of water supply provided by owners of property, after notice under
Sec. 62 (number houses) —
F. W. KAIN, Sanitary Inspector.