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As a result of these inspections, no less than 988 nuisances
were discovered and dealt with, and these are enumerated in
the appended summary:—
Houses unfit for human habitation 2
Defective drains 14
Dcfcctive and short ventilating shafts to drains 30
Defective manhole covors 6
Blockod drains and w.c.'s 8
Defective and insanitary w.c basins 39
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 28
Defective connections between w.c. flush pipes and
basins 3
Dofective house roofs 27
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 161
Dofective floors of rooms 24
Insanitary stone troughs 59
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 52
Defective cr insufficient yard paving 82
Rain water stack pipes in direct connection with
drains 48
Absence of or defective eaves guttering E,nd stack
pipes 57
Nuisances from dampness 63
Absence of ventilation under floors 110
Windows not made to open 10
Dirty and uncovered service water cisterns 63
Defective ashbins 37
Accumulations of refuse 5
Nuisances from Animals 16
Miscellaneous 39