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It will be noticed that the number of outstanding Statutory
Notices is very small compared with the number issued, and I think
this may be taken as a very satisfactory position for the end of the
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. 579
Roofs repaired 270
Gutters and downpipes repaired 203
Downpipes disconnected from drains 19
Houses underpinned and settlement remedied 0
Dampness remedied 255
Concrete site provided under floors 0
Cesspools emptied 238
Cesspools abolished 1
New Cesspools provided 0
Closet pails emptied 1,679
House drains cleared, repaired, etc. 143
House drains tested, examined, etc. 184
House drains reconstructed 33
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs
to ventilators. 150
New vents provided 6
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired 43
New sinks provided 60
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or
water supply 4
New closets provided 27
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 229
Water-closets substituted for earth-closets 4
Elsan or Chemical Closets provided 0
Urinals repaired 0
Privy substituted for earth-closet 0
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 28
Storage cisterns provided 0
Water laid on or restored 1