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A considerable number of sanitary improvements have
been carried out in connection with properties in accordance
with the requirements of notices served from the department,
and appended hereto is a table of the principal works executed
during the last five years:—
WORK DONE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSES
AND PREMISES IN FINCHLEY DURING THE FIVE
YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1906.
Number of Old Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc. 738
,, House Drains reconstructed with manholes,
intercepting traps, etc. 570
,, Drains repaired, unstopped or cleansed 281
,, Gully Traps fixed 1349
,, Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts fixed 522
,, Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts repaired 105
,, New Waste Pipes fixed, repaired or trapped 376
,, New W.C. Apartments erected against external
walls 21
,, New W.C. Basins fixed 769
,, Existing W.C.'s repaired 84
,, New Flushing Boxes fitted to W.C.'s 442
,, Existing Flushing Boxes repaired 402
,, Defective Roofs, Eaves Gutters, or Stack
Pipes repaired 825
,, Back Yards, Stables or Mews paved 462
,, Existing Paved Surfaces repaired 202
,, Rooms in houses and workshops repaired,
cleansed and limewashed 1352
,, Cisterns provided, repaired, cleansed, or
covered 262