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case was heard, steps were taken to abate the nuisance by the
installation of effective plant.
The completion of the work required by the outstanding
Notices was somewhat delayed for various good and satisfactory
reasons, but it will be noticed that the number of Statutory Notices
not complied with is considerably less than in the previous year.
The defects found during the inspection of dwelling-houses
are of a somewhat general character, and include the following:—
Defective drains and ventilating pipes, etc.; W.C. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order; cracked and broken W.C. pans;
broken, cracked and porous scullery sinks and waste pipes; leaking
roofs; defective gutters; absence of, or broken, paving around
houses; defective plaster of ceilings and walls; damp walls; want
of ventilation under ground floors and general uncleanly conditions.
The following are the works carried out as the result of the
notices or letters:—
Houses or parts of houses cleansed, repaired, etc. 651
Roofs repaired 188
Gutters and down pipes repaired 128
Downpipes disconnected from drains 4
Settlement remedied 1
Cesspools emptied 265
Cesspools abolished 0
New Cesspools provided 0
Closet Pails Emptied 1,196
House drains cleared, repaired, etc. 197
House drains tested, examined, etc. 479
House drains reconstructed 35
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs
to ventilators 29
New vents provided 4
New manhole covers provided 2
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired 47
New sinks provided 71
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or
water supply 3
New closets provided 5
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 195
Water-closets substituted for earth-closets 1
Privy substituted for earth-closet 0
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 44
Storage cisterns provided 9
Water laid on or restored 20
Water laid on in houses 5