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Rent Restriction Act.
Number of Certificates granted 5
Detail of Work carried out.
Sanitary Dustbins provided 475
Yards paved or yard paving repaired 176
Insanitary forecourts remedied 49
Defective drains repaired or reconstructed 74
Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed
77
Defective fresh air inlets repaired or renewed 68
Defective gullies removed and replaced by new 54
Rain water downpipes disconnected from drain 19
Dishing and curb to gullies repaired and new grating fixed 287
Defective W.C. pan and traps removed and replaced by new 58
Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new fixed 413
Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed 184
Defective flush pipe connections repaired 63
Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed 35
Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 162
Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied 123
Ventilated food cupboards provided 6
Drinking water cisterns cleaned 386
Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired or new fixed 128
Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted 15
Spaces beneath floors ventilated 127
Dampness in walls from defective damp-proof course remedied 138
Dampness from defective roof, rain water gutterings, &c.,
remedied 733
Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) 345
Rooms where dirty walls and ceilings have been cleansed and
redecorated 2221
Defective floors repaired 127
Defective or dangerous stairs repaired 26
Defective doors and windows repaired 343
Defective kitchen ranges and fire grates repaired 139
Defective washing coppers repaired 102
Coal cupboards provided or repaired 17
New W.C. apartments provided 3
Accummulations of offensive matter removed 23
Drains unstopped and cleansed 214
Overcrowding nuisances abated 5
Drains tested, exposed for examination, &c. 58