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Annual Report of Sanitary Inspector.
Summary of Sanitary Work &c., carried out in the Urban District
of Bromley, Kent, during the year ended December 31st, 1898.
SANITARY WORK.
(Other than that included in House to House Inspection.)
Tenement Houses and premises visited 521
House Drains tested 146
Defective Drainage relaid in part 20
„ ,, throughout 59
,, house drains unstopped and repaired 94
House-refuse receptacles provided 16
Scullery and Bath wastes disconnected from drains 17
New pans and traps provided to closets 49
Water cisterns repaired and cleansed 7
Ventilation shafts repaired, and drains ventilated 56
Water supply to closets reinstated 18
Manure receptacles provided and reconstructed 11
Insanitary premises cleansed throughout 17
Water supply to houses reinstated 8
Houses declared unfit for Human habitation 9
Although trouble was experienced in getting owners to
comply with notices served to abate nuisances, mostly due to
defective drains, it was not found necessary to resort to legal
proceedings in any instance.
Six houses in Hookers Place were condemned as unfit
for human habitation, owing to their being in a bad state of
repair, and sanitary conveniences inadequate; a report was