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The whole of the cases referred to were removed to Homertorr
Hospital. No deaths occurred.
There are 274 boys and 209 girls in the above Schools.
SANITARY WORK.
Under the most capable supervision of Capt. Miller and his
energetic staff the following sanitary work has been properly carried
out. Details are as usual culled from Capt. Miller's Report:—
Houses inspected 3018
Connections of drains tested 3004
Notices served 1784
Complaints received 380
Defective drains remedied 246
W.C.'s in defective state, new traps and straight backed
pans provided where necessary 478
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes made to
discharge in open air over trapped gullies 286
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections of
gullies remedied 383
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and repaired 88
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided 50
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately
under arrangement 41
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil pipes
and drains 132
Defective soil pipes remedied, &c. 6
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient flush pipes 37
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired 209
Yards paved around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved or repaired 249
Yards cleansed 40