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As a result of these inspections, no less than 975 nuisances
were discovered and dealt with, and these are enumerated in
the appended summary:—
Defective drains 6
Defective and short ventilating shafts to drains 17
Blocked drains and w.c.'s 8
Defective and insanitary w.c. basins 21
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 38
Defective Fresh Air inlets to drains 9
Defective house roofs 83
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 196
Defective floors of rooms 48
Insanitary stone troughs 23
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 39
Defective or insufficient yard paving 38
Rain water stack pipes in direct connection with
drains 24
Absence of or defective eaves guttering and stack
pipes 43
Nuisances from dampness 44
Absence of ventilation under floors 82
Windows not made to open 51
Dirty and uncovered service water cisterns 65
Defective ashbins 47
Overcrowding 9
Absence of or defective gully curbs 27
Nuisances from Animals 4
Miscellaneous 53