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drainage and sewage of existing buildings.
Pecentage of Houses provided with Water Closets 100 per cent.
Drains.—Examined, tested, exposed, etc. 381
Unstopped, repaired trapped, etc. 983
Waste pipes, rain water pipes, disconnected, repaired, etc. 705
New soil pipes or ventilating shafts fixed 326
Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired 136
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted 412
Reconstructed 77
Cesspools.—Rendered impervious, emptied, cleansed, etc. 3
Abolished, and drain connected to sewer 3
Percentage of Houses draining into sewers 100 per cent
Disinfection. — Rooms Disinfected (a) ordinary infectious diseases (a) 527
(b) Phthisis (b) 31
Rooms stripped and cleansed 112
Articles disinfected or destroyed, (a) ordinary infectious
disease, (6) Pthisis — All textile articles in infected
rooms removed and steam disinfected.
Dust,—New bins provided 246
How frequently is dust removed from each house weekly
Number of complaints of non-removals received 6
Method of disposal By burning in destructor
Sundry Nuisances Abated.—Overcrowding 47
Smoke 14
Accumulatian of refuse 157
Foul ditches, ponds, etc., and stagnant water 9
Foul pigs and other animals 26
Dampness 227
Yards repaved or repaired 341
Other nuisances 195*
*These refer to hoods ventilated at Fish Shops, Houses and bedding cleansed and
washed, side passages paved, additional W.C.'s provided.
Obediently yours,
maurice w. kinch,
(Chief Inspector of Nuisances.