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Newington 1894

[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]

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TABLE 13.

Summary of Sanitary Work carried out between Lady-Day 1894 and Lady-Day, 1895.

1.Total number of entries in Sanitary Work Registers8048
2.Notices given for Houses to be drained into sewer103
3.Blocked or defective drains remedied or repaired244
4.Drains reconstructed, or Interceptors, &c., provided1092
5.Ventilation under floors ; to rooms, etc., provided413
6.Dry areas provided or extended63
7.Closets repaired, cleansed or limewashed, or water apparatus, &c., provided4106
8.Yards paved; paving repaired; gullies, surface drains, &c., provided4994
9.Sinks and rainpipes disconnected from drains2109
10.Hoofs, gutters and rain-pipes repaired1313
11.Dustbins provided or repaired1645
12.Foul rooms, passages, staircases, &c., cleansed and whitewashed3749
13.Water laid on to houses (after supply had been withdrawn)111
14.Nuisances from manure, urinals, animals, smoke, &c., abated166
15.Closets rebuilt or additional ones provided61
16.Infected rooms whitewashed and disinfected757
17.Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., disinfected at Depot3151
18.Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., destroyed at Depot74
19.Cases of overcrowding abated78
20.Dust complaints entered in Vestry Clerk's book2887
21.Slaughter and cow-houses inspected16
22.Bakehouses inspected79
23.Attendances at Police Courts45
24.Number of bodies received into Mortuary155
25.Sundry nuisances remedied not previously referred to128