428
INSPECTION OF PRIVATE DRAINS.
5. The drains of 168 houses have been opened out and reported on; of this number, 5 required re-constructing, 111 amending, and 52 were found to be in order.
Notices have been served on the owners of the above 116 houses calling upon them to execute the necessary work.
As stated by Mr. DRURY in his report last year, the re-drainage of old houses was then practi- cally completed and the 168 houses mentioned above are those of which I have received complaints from the Inspectors of Nuisances, or have, on personal inspection, thought desirable to open out.
In addition to the above, 5,756 houses have been inspected by myself or the Drainage Inspector, with the result that minor drainage defects have been discovered in 1,889 instances. Notices have been served on the owner or occupier in each case to carry out the necessary work. 282 nuisances have been reported to the Medical Officer of Health and 73 to the Director of Public Works, to be dealt with by them.
WATER CLOSETS.
6. During the past year water-closets and urinals have been erected in the following buildings by permission of the Board and connected to the sewers :—
Prince's Buildings
Hung Hom Dock Company 5 Queen's Road Central.
Water-closets.
8
9
1
Urinals.
18
Water-closets have been removed from the following buildings, by order of the Board, in couse- quence of their having been fixed without permission being obtained :-
3 Arbuthnot Road
5 7
"
"
14
1
1
2
4
NEW BUILDINGS.
7. Certificates have been granted during the year for 320 new houses and 2 additions, certifying that they have been built in accordance with the entire provisions of the Public Health Ordinance, No. 24 of 1887.
CEMETERIES.
8. An extension has been made to Caroline Hill Cemetery.
PROSECUTIONS.
9. The following is a return of the prosecutions instituted by me during the past year :-
Offences.
Summonses.
Convictions.
Penalties.
Remarks.
Drainage nuisances on private premises,
154
Failure to comply with order of Magistrate,.
14
97
14
$975
Magistrate's Orde
in 53 cases, 4 withdrawn.
460
Breaches of Drainage Bye-laws,
75
Unauthorized persons carrying out Drainage Works,
3
125
Total,.....
175
118
$1,635
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
To the Secretary of the
SANITARY BOARD.
Your most obedient Servant,
J. J. BRYAN, Sanitary Surveyor.