Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.
- Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
- Date:
- [1911]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.
50/58 page 84
![No. 69.—Work done by Ward Inspectors during 1911. Nature of Work. Number of inspections Number in which sanitaryj defects were found Number of notices served.. Number of notices volun¬ tarily complied with .. Number of premises where: defects were rectified after warning Number of wells closed .. Number of cesspits closed Number of houses disin¬ fected .. I Number of prosecutions .. | Number of convictions ..; Number discharged or1 otherwise dealt with Number pending at end of quarter Number of premises lime- washed by the Municipal cleansing gang Number of type plan latrines erected Amount of fines .. | I Fort. Pettah. San Sebastian. St. Paul’s. Kotahena North. Kotahena South. New Bazaar. Maradana North. [ Maradana South. Slave Island. Kollupitiya North. Kollupitiya South. Eastward Extension. Total. 3,531 5,215 3,055 5,160 4,433 3,263 3,636 4,103 2,168 3,522 4,290 2,261 4,156 48,792 486 752 895 629 584 618 785 827 457 529 913 455 1,055 8,986 354 106 353 268 139 324 281 292 79 137 381 227 160 3,101 141 73 81 153 97 163 155 142 61 106 195 101 98 1,566 141 318 490 146 352 635 268 331 118 275 521 170 738 4,503 — _ _- — — 4 2 6 1 _ 2 6 1 22 2 — — — 2 5 1 1 2 — — 1 31 45 9 32 67 87 23 50 113 178 38 86 47 15 42 787 564 437 341 433 232 366 527 521 388 262 392 284 175 4,912 464 356 280 354 210 290 425 437 330 219 342 243 161 4,111 17 19 30 15 10 19 20 19 7 21 10 16 2 206 83 62 64 64 12 47 86 63 55 38 40 25 12 641 9 — — — — 8 9 — 1 6 1 34 1 — — <5 11 — 13 1 20 18 8 — 40 118 Its. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. Rs. c. 5,766 0 2,951 50 1,673 50 2,380 01,203 35 2,973 60 3,477 50 3,790 0 2,245 50 2,145 50 3,600 0 2,351 50 1,206 0 35763 86 No. 70.—Structural Improvements by Ward Inspectors during the Year 1911. Nature of Improvement. | Inspector de Silva, Fort. Inspector Karuna- tilleke, Pettah. Inspector Jayasinghe, San Sebastian. Inspector Abeysekera, St. Paul’s. Inspector Serasinghe, Kotahena North. | Inspector Blacker, | Kotahena South. Inspector Dabera, New Bazaar. Inspector Samahin, Maradana North. Inspector Stouter, Maradana South. Inspector Ambrose, Slave Island. Inspector LaBrooy Kollupitiya North. Inspector Horan, Kollupitiya South. Inspector Akbar, Eastward Extension. All Inspectors, Colombo Town. 1. Windows and skylights 40 9 74 240 31 260 144 6 2 38 166 24 23 1,143 2. Ventilators 14 58 15 32 — 45 222 — 41 16 157 18 — 618 3. Latrines 1 — — — 9 — 17 1 14 19 54 12 48 175 4. Children’s latrines — — — 1 — 10 4 — — — — — * - 14 5. Masonry receptacles for coir dust — — — ■—• — — 18 — — — — — — 18 6. Cementing floor of closets ..' — — 7 _ — 4 — — — — — — — 11 7. New drains — 1 3 7 1 18 4 4 1 2 — 2 — 43 8. Old drains improved — — — 21 — — — 4 — — ■— 25 9. Paving of passages and compounds 5 11 3 5 — 1 12 1 — 4 — _ 42 10. Insanitary tenements improved — — 13 20 — •— 8 — — — 3 — — 44 11. Insanitary tenements demolished — — 1 2 — 1 11 — — 19 51 3 21 109 12. Insanitary rooms demolished 1 1 2 13. Removal of plank partitions 36 — — 2 — — — — — — — — 38 14. Number of rooms cemented 21 18 13 — _ — 18 — — — — 1 — 71 15. Doors enlarged — — — — _ — — — — — 34 — — 34 16. Obstructive staircase demolished — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 17. Obstructive roof demolished — — 1 18. Obstructive eaves cut back — 8 1 — — — 3 — — — — — — 12 19. Eating-house improved with water service 12 12 20. Insanitary cattle shed demolished — — — — — — 2 — — — — — — 2 21. Cementing floor of cattle sheds — — 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 3 22. Dovetailed ceiling provided in kneading room of bakery 2 I I 2 23. Improvements to bakery by cementing walls 3 1 4 24. Improvements to hides depot by cement¬ ing walls ] 1 25. Improvement to poultry mart by cement¬ ing walls 2 1 - 2 26. Improvements to laundry by cementing walls 12 1 — — 3 — — — — — — 16](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3175353x_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
