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Detail of work carried out.
Sanitary dustbins provided 733
Yards paved or yard paving repaired 247
Insanitary forecourts remedied 154
Defective drains repaired or reconstructed 63
Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired
or renewed 67
Defective fresh air inlents repaired or renewed 86
Defective gullies removed and replaced by new 61
Rain water downpipes disconnected from drain 19
Dishing and curb to gullies repaired and new gratings
fixed 153
Defective W.C. pan and traps removed and replaced
by new 02
Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new
fixed 312
Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed 185
Defective flush pipe connections repaired 97
Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed 33
Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 270
Insanitary wall surfaces over sinks remedied 124
Ventilated food cupboards provided 9
Drinking water cisterns cleansed 209
Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired
or new fixed 51
Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted 11
Spaces beneath floors ventilated 163
Dampness in walls from defective damp-proof course
remedied 154
Dampness from defective roofs, rain water gutterings,
' &c., remedied 651
Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) 914
Rooms where dirty walls and ceilings have been
cleansed and redecorated 3019
Defective floors repaired 266
Defective or dangerous stairs repaired 53
Defective doors and windows repaired 387
Defective kitchen ranges and firegrates repaired 383
Defective washing coppers repaired 136
Coal cupboards provided 24
New W.C. apartments provided 7
Accumulations of offensive matter removed 28
Drains unstopped and cleansed 221
Overcrowding nuisances abated 19
Drains tested, exposed for examination, &c. 122
Smoke observations taken 104
Smoke nuisances abated 27
Nuisances from pigs and other animals abated 25
Notification of waste of water sent to Metropolitan
Water Board 291