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House Drainage. Three hundred and twenty-four house
drainage systems have been reconstructed; 194 such systems
have also been opened, cleansed and amended; 10 new systems
and 295 surface drains have been constructed; 111
systems have been tested by smoke and 459 by water, of
which number 278 were found to be defective; 73 new soil
pipes and 588 traps have been fixed, together with 102 intercepting
chambers and 20 other chambers. One cesspool has
been abolished; 79 areas, 181 yards, and 13 mews and stables
have been thoroughly drained. Eighty-three water-closets
have been erected; a pan, trap and water supply have been
furnished throughout in 218 cases, and other fittings in 280
cases, whilst the water supply has been renewed in 96
instances. The water supply for lavatory purposes has been
disconnected from the drinking water system in 21 instances.
Public-house urinals have been cleansed and repaired in 62
instances, whilst a water supply has been laid on or repaired
at 9 such conveniences, and 4 urinals were altered.
Rats. The attention of the various owners and occupiers
of premises along the River Bank, Deptford Creek, and
Ravensbourne in the Borough was drawn to the question of
keeping down these rodents as much as possible in the winter
months, and many rats were destroyed as suggested.
Refuse Removal. New ash receptacles have been provided
in 298 cases, and 9 complaints on this subject have been
forwarded to the Surveyor for his attention.