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The 596 premises comprise 673 separately rated houses
and tenements.
As a result of these house-to-house inspections, no less
than 3,567 defects or nuisances were discovered and dealt
with, and these are enumerated in the appended summary:—
Defective drains 5
Blocked drains —
Defective and short ventilating shafts to drains 8
Dilapidated W.C. apartments 63
Insufficient W.C. accommodation —
Light and ventilation to W.C. apartments insufficient 9
Defective and insanitary W.C. basins 35
Defective joints between flush pipes and W.C. basins 2
Defective W.C. seats 7
W.C. flushing boxes out of order 21
Defective manholes —
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 20
Defective house roofs 95
Dirty and defective ceilings and walls of rooms 889
Defective brickwork and pointing to walls 81
Defective doors 53
Defective doorsteps 47
Defective stairs and handrails, etc., to staircases 86
Unsatisfactory lighting to staircase 306
Defective floors of rooms 111
Absence of sink —
Insanitary stone troughs and/or defective sinks 8
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 34
Defective, absence of, or insufficient yard paving 57
Absence of, or defective eaves guttering and stack
pipes 135
Nuisances from dampness 149
Absence of, or defective gratings to ventilation openings
under floors 24
Absence of sufficient ventilation to rooms 17
Windows, defective or not made to open 342
Defective window sills 54
Dirty, defective or uncovered service water cisterns 27
Defective service water pipes 4
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