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SANITARY WORK.
The following is the Report of the Sanitary Inspector: —
Houses inspected 3209
Connections of drains tested 2701
Notices served 2235
Complaints received 486
Defective drains remedied 749
W.C.'s in defective state, new traps and straight-backed
pans provided where necessary 1196
Sink and bath wastes and rain pipes made to discharge
in open air over trapped gullies 671
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections
of gullies remedied 435
New sink waste pipes provided 66
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided 62
Rath, waste, and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately
under arrangement 69
Pan closets with iron containers and leaden D traps
replaced by approved arrangement 19
Ventilating shafts provided to soil pipes and drains 441
Defective soil pipes remedied 88
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient flush
pipes 86
Flush cisterns repaired 240
Yards paved around back additions of houses 315
Floors of sculleries paved 26
Stagnant water under dwellings remedied 15
Houses with defective roofs, and general insanitary,
dilapidated, or filthy conditions, repaired, and
cleansed 216
Walls of back addition properly rendered 10