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Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings
New W.C. basins fixed 139
W.C.'s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 69
New flushing boxes fitted to W.C.'s 30
Existing flushing boxes repaired 48
New W.C. apartments provided 5
New W.C. accommodation provided 1
Ventilated lobbies provided 2
Existing W.C. apartments improved 1
Urinals cleansed or repaired 3
Lavatory basins provided 6
Baths provided 2
New impervious sinks provided 12
New waste pipes fixed 23
Waste pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 31
Miscellaneous
New roofs constructed 7
Roofs repaired 307
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired 141
Stack pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 83
Stack pipes disconnected from drains 1
Damp walls remedied 162
Walls repointed, repaired or underpinned 89
Chimney pot provided 1
Ventilation .under floors provided or unstopped 9
Yards paved 6
Paving of yards repaired 12
Floors of rooms relaid 6
Floors of rooms repaired 65
Rooms cleansed, distempered or repapered 596
Plasterwork repaired 465
Windows repaired and/or made to open 223
New windows provided 10
New sash cords provided 265
Window sills repaired or provided 65
Doors provided or repaired 65
Doorsteps provided or repaired 12
Handrails to staircases provided 2
Staircases repaired 24
New ranges and stoves provided 23
Stoves and ranges repaired 70
Coppers repaired 2
Workrooms (including bakehouses) cleansed and repaired 1
Cisterns provided 17
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 19
Water serYice pipes repaired 76
Movable sanitary dustbins provided 134
Nuisances from the keeping of animals abated 2
Accumulations of refuse removed 7
Accumulation of manure removed 1
Miscellaneous 61
CONSERVANCY SYSTEM
Number of houses provided with pail closets 5
NOTICES SERVED
Informal notices 1,082
Statutory notices 37
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 193
Verminous rooms disinfested 170
Number of articles disinfected 2,202
Number of verminous premises dealt with 70
817 visits were made bv your inspectors and disinfectors in connection with cases of infectious disease
and verminous premises and the necessary investigations were made in order to obtain the detailed information
required.
The number of houses found to be infested with bugs and dealt with during 1947 was as follows:—
Council houses —
Other houses 40
Insecticides containing D.D.T. were employed for freeing infested houses from bed bugs. In all cases
where necessary wall and/or ceiling paper is stripped off and mouldings, skirtings, etc. are eased or removed.
Bedding and similar articles are removed and subjected to steam disinfection.
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