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The following are the works carried out as the result of the
notices or letters:—
Houses or parts of houses cleansed, repaired, etc 703
Roofs repaired 265
Gutters and downpipes repaired 240
Cesspools emptied 251
House drains cleared, repaired, etc 186
House drains tested, examined, etc 130
House drains reconstructed 21
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted 6
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs to
ventilators 47
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired 10
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or
water supply 108
New closets provided 2
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 169
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 55
Storage cisterns provided 2
Water laid on or restored 9
Samples of water taken from wells 0
Wells cleansed, repaired, etc 1
Yards paved, or existing paving made good 86
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes
of dampness removed, etc 18
Ventilation provided to rooms, or windows made to
open 16
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided 476
Manure heaps removed 35
Fowls and other animals removed 9
Other nuisances abated 20
Ditches cleaned out 0
Cases of overcrowding abated 0
Stables cleansed 5
DISINFECTION.
Houses disinfected:—
After infectious disease 431
After Phthisis 91
After verminous cases 4
Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after
occupation by cases of infectious disease 135
Ditto, ditto, by cases of Phthisis 54
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 4,223
Ditto, ditto, destroyed 16
4,954