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NUISANCES ABATED AND SANITARY DEFECTS
REMEDIED.
Dirty premises, cleansed and whitewashed 62
Dampness in dwellings remedied 92
Dilapidated ceilings, stairs, etc., repaired 32
Bell-traps and small dip-traps removed and replaced by
stoneware gulleys 5
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted
20
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s
with insufficient water supply made satisfactory 40
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by
approved patterns 27
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 13
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved -
W.c.'s removed to more sanitary positions 5
Separate flushing cisterns fixed to w.c.'s which were previously
flushed directly from dietary cisterns —
Additional w.c.'s provided in case of insufficient w.c. accommodation
11
Defective soil-pipes reconstructed 18
Unventilated soil-pipes ventilated, and
Soil-pipes improperly ventilated, improved
Dirty yards cleansed 6
Yards paved or re-paved with impervious material 13
Yards drained 2
Gully and other traps inside houses removed —
Sink waste-pipes directly connected to drain, made to discharge
in open-air over proper syphon gullies 1
Long lengths of sink, bath, and lavatory waste-pipes trapped,
and made to discharge in open-air over gullies 32
Defective waste-pipes repaired 17
Foul water-cisterns cleansed 7
Water-cisterns without close-fitting covers provided with
proper coverings 18
Carried forward 431