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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK.
Visits to insure continued isolation of infectious patients 180
Rooms disinfected (bedding, &c., by super-heated steam) 83
Disinfectants supplied bottles 90
Dwellings inspected 343
House drains and sanitary fittings tested 120
Sanitary defects discovered 274
House drains taken up and reconstructed 104
Visits to inspect sanitary work in progress, and to ascertain
whether notices were being complied with 666
Soil pipes ventilated 15
Soil pipes taken outside house walls 9
Waste pipes made to discharge in open air over trapped
gullies 37
House cisterns removed from inside w.c. x
Rain water pipes disconnected from soil drains at houses 15
Insanitary closets replaced by sanitary apparatus 82
"Sewer air intercepters" and air inlets fixed 80
Water-waste preventers for flushing closets 22
Defective roofs made good 12
Defective guttering replaced or made good 12
Dilapidated walls and ceilings repaired at houses g
Complaints registered 186