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69
Eaves guttering provided 17
Eaves guttering repaired and cleansed 17
Defective traps replaced or new stoneware gullies fixed 141
Gullies unstopped 5
,, cement work around repaired 3
,, provided with grids 6
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open) 7
Ditches cleansed 8
Builders' privies abolished 2
New earth closets provided 2
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 62
DRAINAGE WORK.
Two hundred and four tests have been applied to house
drains and soil pipes by smoke and water to ascertain their
condition, or in connection with the testing of drains after
being relaid or repaired.
The ground was opened for examination of drains under
Section 41 of the Public Health Act, 1875, at 11 houses by
the Council's workmen, and the owners on receipt of a preliminary
notice caused the drains to be exposed for examination
at 58 houses.
Tn all cases where the ground was opened and the drains
exposed for examination, defects were found, and in many
instances the pipes were found to be broken, improperly
jointed, leaky or otherwise defective, and the traps, junctions,
and connections in various ways unsatisfactory.
As a result of these examinations the drains at 53 houses
were entirely re-laid on a good bed of concrete, with proper
means of access, and on an approved system, and in the remaining
16 instances the drains were partially relaid or
amended or repaired and left sound.