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Greenwich 1898

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899

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defective roofs, 139 ; to amend and repair defective flooring, 81 ;
to amend and repair defective walls, 60 ; to amend and repair
defective ceilings, 51 ; to amend and repair defective water
closets, 91 ; to provide doors to water closets, 3; to abolish
water closets in unfit situations, and provide proper and sufficient
water closets in lieu thereof, 14 ; to amend and repair defective
ventilating pipes to drains, 4; to abate the nuisance caused by
the dampness of walls, 152; to abate the nuisance caused by
overcrowding, 66 ; to abate the nuisance caused by the keeping
of animals, 16 ; to abate the nuisance caused by the issue of black
smoke from chimney shafts, 63; to provide proper and sufficient
ash-pits, 768; to amend and repair defective ash-pits, 46; to
amend, repair, cleanse, limewash and purify premises throughout,
152; to cleanse, limewash, and purify premises throughout, 470;
to cleanse, limewash and purify rooms, 72; to cleanse,
limewash, and purify ceilings, 85 : to cleanse, limewash and
purify walls, 99 ; to cleanse, limewash and purify water closets,
93 ; to pave yards with a hard, durable and impervious material,
601 ; to pave forecourts with a hard, durable and impervious
material, 140; to pave areas with a hard, durable and impervious
material, 98 ; to pave stables with a hard, durable and impervious
material, 20; to provide proper receptacles for dung, 22; to remove
accumulations of filth and manure, 101; to discontinue depositing
manure upon premises, 1 ; to discontinue using underground
rooms as living rooms, 8; to cleanse, limewash and purify bakehouses,
142; to provide proper suitable and sufficient accommodation
in the way of sanitary conveniences for the use of the
workpeople employed in or in attendance at workshops and
buildings, 15 ; to make premises fit for human habitation, 27 ;
to re-drain houses, 44; to abolish cesspools, 10; to abate the
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