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Obstructions have been removed from backyards, under notice, in 129 houses (127 in 1910). Notices to abate sanitary nuisances to the number of 5,462, and building nuisances to the number of 1,743, have been applied for during the year (8,494 in 1910), while 84 notices in regard to the breeding of mosquitoes have also been served.
In addition to the above improvements in connection with dwelling-houses carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Department, various permanent improvements affecting sanitation have been effected by the Public Works Department. These include the training of additional nullahs to the extent of 5,251 feet (3,887 feet in 1910) and the building of public latrines and urinals in Rutter Street, in Mee Lun Lane and under the Civil Hospital ramp, while the new Market at Tsim-tsa-tsui has been completed and the new Offices for the Sanitary and other Departments over the Post Office have been occupied.
The total area of lanes obtained for scavenging purposes during the year has been 6,191 sq. ft. (5,212 sq. ft. in 1910); the length being 1,098 ft. (867 ft. in 1910), while a further area of 2,178 sq. ft. was resumed for the construction of roadways, etc., (9,201 sq. ft. in 1910).
During the year two wells, the waters of which were unsatisfactory, were closed by the order of the Board.
METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS.
The following table gives the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the year as recorded at the Kowloon Observatory:-
Month Barometer at M.S.L. TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY Cloudiness Sunshine WIND Rain Max. Mean Min. Rel. Abs. Direction Vel. January 30.11 63.1 58.9 55.5 74 0.38 60 139.2 E. by N. 13.7 0.735 February 30.20 65.5 60.2 56.2 71 0.38 50 189.90 E. by N. 14.0 0.00 March April May 30.02 69.5 65.5 61.8 29.96 E. 14.8 0.53 June 29.96 74 69.7 106.4 E. 13.3 3.810 July 29.85 78 75.5 72.8 29 E. 14.3 5.935 August 29.78 87.2 82.9 79.7 29 68 86.7 82 SSE 11.6 8.060 September 86.2 81.9 78.4 SE 13.7 October 30.03 78.2 74.3 70.8 82 0.89 SE by S 11.9 0.88 November 30.11 73.0 69.1 65.7 78 0.83 E. by N. 11.4 0.63 December 30.15 68.5 64.3 60.5 76 0.55 68 155.1 E, N. E. 13.2 2.720 Mean or Total 29.94 76.4 72.1 68.6 79 0.65 2063.4 E. 13.0 90.550