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Memorandum - Richard Seymour, Inspector of Nuisances' Report for 1889

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Unique IDA-00319840SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 31st December 1889 and 20th March 1890Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionMemo. Richard Seymour, Inspector of Nuisances. Report for 1889. This is a 15 page printed report with subheadings: Pit-closets, Scavenage, Eastern Fish Market, Regulation of Licensed Porters, and Clerical Staff. There are also tables of the returns of: Street sweepings, mud, gully soils, house refuse, nightsoil; dead animals removed; number of notices served, prosecutions, and fines at the Central and Water Police Courts; Number of fish sold, etc at the Eastern Fish Market; Amount received for cleansing earth closets and sale of street manure; Amount received by sale of disinfectant and disposal of old building material; Quantity of food etc condemned and destroyed by fire as unfit for human consumption. Sanitary inspectors inspected 21,328 buildings. There were 233 Chinese dwellings and 132 common lodging houses, a considerable increase from the previous year. He recommends the removal of the punt moored at Brown's Wharf, Pyrmont, used by suburban councils to deposit nightsoil.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages15Volume number241

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