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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. 813
Roofs repaired 370
Gutters and down pipes repaired 224
Downpipes disconnected from drains 98
Houses underpinned and settlement remedied 1
Dampness remedied 205
Concrete site provided under floors 2
Cesspools emptied 245
Cesspools abolished 0
New Cesspools provided 0
Closet Pails Emptied 987
House drains cleared, repaired, etc. 194
House drains tested, examined, etc. 284
House drains reconstructed 37
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs
to ventilators 206
New vents provided 5
New manhole covers provided 5
New Manholes provided 1
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired 55
New sinks provided 85
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or
water supply 16
New closets provided 24
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 262
Water-closets substituted for earth-closets 2
Elsan or Chemical Closets provided 1
Urinals repaired 1
Privy substituted for earth-closet 0
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 42
Storage cisterns provided 3
Water laid on or restored 15
Water laid on in houses 0
Taps provided over sinks 1
Taps repaired 2
New wells provided 0
Wells closed 0
Wells cleansed and repaired etc, 0
Samples of Water taken from Wells 8
Do. do. Main 0
Do. do. Swimming Pool
and Baths 41
Samples of Rag-Flock taken under Rag-Flock Act 4