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Summary of Work Done.
Number of complaints received and investigated 67
Nuisances discovered 272
Nuisances abated without report 251
„ after report 12
Preliminary notices served 67
Legal notices served 16
Notices served dealing with insufficient waterclosets 3
„ „ „ ashpits 86
No. of letters written 985
Character of Work done.
Houses cleansed and generally repaired 36
Cowsheds, slaughter-houses and bake-houses cleansed 61
Overcrowding abated 4
Houses underpinned and damp-proof courses inserted 2
Ventilation of houses improved 2
Defective roofs and gutters repaired 19
Indoor soil-pipes abolished and new ones provided outside
and ventilated 3
D traps abolished 5
Privies or earthclosets converted into waterclosets 7
Privies constructed with small removable receptacles or
converted into earthclosets 7
Bath, lavatory and sink waste pipes disconnected from drains
and caused to discharge over gully traps 10
Bell traps abolished and gully traps substituted 58
Houses supplied with water from main 35
Dustbins provided 171
Water laid on to waterclosets 112
Cesspools cleansed 11
Cesspools abolished 7
Privies cleansed 19
Houses at which drains were examined and tested 127
Houses at which drains were found defective 127
Houses at which drains were reconstructed or new ones
provided 119
Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped
and repaired 67
Number of tests made in course of work under the two previous
headings 198
Urinals cleansed and repaired 1
Offensive accumulations removed 21