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Blocked drains, W.C.'s or gullies 3
Dirty W.C. basins 3
Defective connections between W.C. basins and
flush pipes 8
W.C. flush boxes out of repair 7
Insanitary stone troughs 4
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 14
Defective roofs 5
Defective rain water guttering and stack pipes 8
Defective yard paving 9
Dirty ceilings and walls of rooms 46
Defective floors 3
Rain water pipes connected direct to drains 1
Dirty and uncovered service water cisterns 10
Nuisances from dampness 3
Defective ashbins 13
Miscellaneous defects 19
In addition to the above work of disinfection 29 stovings
of bedding, etc. (527 articles), were carried out, and 8 patients
were removed to Hospital for the Friern Barnet District
Council.
Game Licences.
Thirteen applications were received under Section 27 of
the Local Government Act, 1894, from tradesmen in the
district for licences to deal in game. A licence was granted
in each instance.
Petroleum Acts, 1871 to 1881.
These Acts provide for the safe keeping of petroleum,
which when tested in a prescribed manner, gives off an
inflammable vapour at a temperature below 73 degrees
Fahrenheit. Compositions such as varnish, paint, india
rubber solution, metal polishes which contain petroleum
spirit, etc., come within the provisions of the Petroleum Acts.
The ordinary petroleum oil commonly used in lamps, such as