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New gully traps fixed 129
New soil-pipes and ventilating shafts fixed 43
Soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 42
Water tests applied 45
Smoke tests applied 113
Drains examined, Public Health Act, 1875 (Section 41) 2
Water-closets and Sanitary Fittings.—
New water-closet basins fixed 107
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired 69
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets 15
Existing check cisterns repaired 53
Water-closet apartments repaired 14
New impervious sinks provided 86
New waste-pipes fixed 39
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 198
Miscellaneous.—
Roofs repaired 298
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired 188
New eaves guttering provided 39
Rain-water pipes provided 52
Rain-water pipes repaired or unstopped 106
Stack pipes disconnected from drains 17
Damp walls remedied 95
Paving of yards repaired 167
Structural repairs of premises 383
Rooms cleansed, distempered or re-papered 621
Workrooms cleansed and repaired 16
Drinking-water cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 116
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 89
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 50
Stoves and ranges repaired 36
Coppers repaired 19
Miscellaneous 369
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.—
Number of rooms fumigated after infectious disease 707
Verminous rooms fumigated 63
Number of articles disinfected 8,687
Number of articles destroyed 335