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NUISANCES ABATED IN 1888.
Cesspools emptied and filled up 3
Choked drains cleansed, repaired or reconstructed 819
Number of Premises in which choked Water-closet
Pans were released, or broken Pans removed 118
Number of Premises in which Yards were drained 91
Number of Premises in which new Traps were
provided 780
Number of Premises in which Sinks were disconnected
from the drains 496
Number of Premises in which Stack Pipes were cut
off from drains 164
Number of Houses in which the Ventilation of soil
pipes has been improved 69
Total number of Nuisances from defective
means of drainage abated 2540
Number of Premises in which Yards were newly
paved or the paving relaid 524
Number of Premises in which Dust Bins were
provided, or old Dust Bins repaired 635
Number of Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c.1921
3080
5620
Number of Water-closets to which a supply of water
has been given 163
Number of Houses supplied by Closet-cistern in which
a Flushing-box was provided 21
Number of Houses supplied by butt only, and
Cistern substituted 18
Number of Closets in which defective apparatus was
repaired 1241
Number of Screw-down Taps and lengths of Pipe
provided to enable occupiers to draw water from
the main supply pipe of the house 181
Total number of Nuisances from defects
in houses 1624
Carried forward 7244