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Rent Restriction Act.
Number of Certificates granted 32
Detail of Work carried out.
Sanitary Dustbins provided 546
Yards paved or yard paving repaired 213
Insanitary forecourts remedied 58
Defective drains repaired or reconstructed 67
Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or re-
ne-vved 89
Defective fresh air inlets repaired or renewed 53
Defective gullies removed and replaced by new 67
Rain water downpipes disconnected from drain 16
Dishing and curb to gullies repaired and new grating fixed 264
Defective W.C. pan and traps removed and replaced by new 61
Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new fixed 585
Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed 198
Defective flush pipe connections repaired 157
Insanitary7 sinks removed or new fixed 46
Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 203
Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied 145
Ventilated food cupboards provided 10
Drinking water cisterns cleaned 593
Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired or new fixed 214
Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted 7
Spaces beneath floors ventilated 183
Dampness in walls from defective damp-proof course remedied 148
Dampness from defective roof, rain water gutterings, &c.,
remedied 877
Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) 456
Rooms where dirty walls and ceilings have been cleansed and
redecorated 3142
Defective floors repaired 118
Defective or dangerous stairs repaired 33
Defective doors and windows repaired 327
Defective kitchen ranges and fire grates repaired 144
Defective washing coppers repaired 96
Coal cupboards provided or repaired 23
New W.C. apartments provided 4
Accummulations of offensive matter removed 31
Drains unstopped and cleansed 289
Overcrowding nuisances abated 14
Drains tested, exposed for examination, &c 73