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Drainage. and Sewerage of Existing Buildings.
Water Closets—Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry
Receptacles ...
Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise improved 30
Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets All
Drains—Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c. 270
Inclusive of new water tests to new work done in
order to abate nuisances.
Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c. 32
Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, &c. 4
New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed 19
Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired 10
Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted 56
Inclusive of other Chambers not Disconnecting Chambers
Reconstructed 40
Cesspools—Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c. —
Abolished and Drain connected to Sewer —
Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. All
Disinfection.
Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary infectious disease (6) Phthisis. 72
Inclusive of those after Phthisis
Rooms Stripped and Cleansed 23
Articles Disinfected or Destroyed (a) Ordinary infectious disease,
(6) Phthisis 216
No account is kept of the small articles such as sheets and
blankets. This represents beds, pillows, palliasses, &c.
Dust.
New Bins provided 10
Excluding those supplied under notice from Surveyor's Department
How frequently is dust removed from each house? Weekly
Number of Complaints of Non-removal received 14
By Sanitary Inspector only, probably the Surveyor had a few
during the year.
Method of Disposal (a) Destructor, (b)by Tipping, (c) Other, state method.
By Tipping at the Sewerage Works in hollows on the Farm.
Sundry Nuisances Abated.
Overcrowding 2
Smoke 1
Accumulations of Refuse 17
Foul Ditches, Ponds, &c., Stagnant Water 4
Foul Pigs and other Animals 11
Dampness 63
Yards Repaved or Repaired 37
Other Nuisances 77