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The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work,
&c., carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of
tabulation :—
General Conditions—
Houses, or parts, cleansed 218
Dampness in houses, or parts abated 150
Dilapidated houses, or parts of
houses, repaired 105
Overcrowding—
Cases of. abated (rooms) after service
of notice 2
Cases of, abated (rooms) without
service of notice 3
Underground rooms —
Illegal occupation discontinued 14
Structural works carried out 8
Below floors—
Spaces below floors in basement or
ground floors ventilated 158
Roofs repaired 297
Gutterings repaired or renewed 134
Rainwater pipes—
Repaired or renewed 154
Disconnected from drains 18
Disconnected from soil pipes 5
Sinks disconnected from drains ... 1
Sinks trapped 375
Sinks repaired or renewed 200
Sinks unstopped 3
Lavatories disconnected from drains 1
Lavatories trapped 193
Lavatories repaired or renewed 100
Baths disconnected from drains 7
Baths trapped 152
Baths repaired or renewed 114
Water supply re-instated 12
Water and sinks provided to upper
floors of tenement houses 89
Water cisterns repaired or renewed 3
Removed from improper positions 11
Cleansed 64
Fitted with close-fitting covers 37
Water-closet accommodation provided
2
Additional accommodation provided 15
Removed from improper positions 7
Provided with proper and sufficient
external ventilation 3
Improperly constructed apparatus
removed and new provided 7
Apparatus repaired or renewed 529
Apparatus unstopped 10
Apparatus cleansed 20
Apparatus provided with proper
water supply 25
Flushing cisterns repaired or renewed
189
Manholes repaired or renewed 394
Drains repaired or renewed 609
Drains cleansed 44
Drains unstopped 32
Drains ventilated 80
Ventilating pipes of drains—
Carried to a sufficient height above
windows 12
Repaired or renewed 48
Fresh-air inlets repaired or renewed 95
Soil pipes repaired or renewed 246
Gullies and surface drains—
Gully traps removed from improper
positions 11
Gully traps cleansed 10
Inlets or surface drains trapped 4
Paving and draining washhouses,
areas, yards, &c.—
Washhouse or scullery paving repaired
or renewed 19
Areas cleansed 4
Area paving repaired or renewed 110
Areas drained 9
Yards or other open spaces paved 176
Paving of yards or other open spaces
repaired or renewed 135
Yards or other open spaces drained 12
Floors of buildings in which horses,
&c. are kept, paved or repaired 2
Refuse and receptacles—
Dustbins provided 230
Fixed ashpits removed 32
Accumulation or deposits of refuse
removed 222
Manure receptacles provided 2
Manure receptacles amended 1
Nuisances from the improper deposit
of trade refuse abated 5
Animals—
Nuisances from the improper keeping
of animals abated 8
Nuisances from ballast burning
abated 1
Drainage Work.
Since the Bye-laws of the London County Council which
require the deposit of plans and particulars came into operation in
August 1903, 598 plans for the drainage of new buildings and 8255
plans for the alteration and reconstruction of drains in existing
premises have been received.
During 1915, 528 Notices of drainage work were received. 477
of these necessitated the deposit of plans and particulars. 164 related
to the entire reconstruction of the drainage system and in 266 cases
the work was carried out voluntarily.