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at the Council's expense. The Council's specification for combined
drainage was altered to allow 12 houses to drain into a 6-inch drain,
doing away with the use of 9-inch combined drains and 9-inch syphon
traps.
The following Sanitary Work has been carried out under the
supervision of the officers of the above department, and the following
details are from the reports of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Houses inspected 3434
Connections of drains tested 3386
Notices served 2410
Complaints received 531
Defective drains remedied 298
VV.C.'s in defective state, new traps and straight backed
pans provided where necessary 680
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes made to
discharge in open air over trapped gullies 392
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections of .
gullies remedied 601
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and repaired 127
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided 52
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately
under arrangement 56
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil pipes and
drains 166
Defective soil pipes remedied 16
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient flush pipes 83
Pan closets with iron containers and leaden D traps
replaced by approved arrangement 10
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired 230
Yards paved around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved 188
Yards cleansed 46
New manhole covers provided and sealed 41
Manholes rendered and repaired 11