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75
Yards paved 317
Drains relaid or partly relaid 189
Choked drains cleared . 93
New w.c. pan and traps provided 75
Sinks provided 59
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed 71
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed 113
Vent pipes repaired or renewed 94
Sink waste pipes renewed 149
Stoves repaired or renewed 100
Coppers repaired or renewed 76
Floors repaired 206
Cement-work to sink waste gullies repaired 133
Rooms redecorated 2,445
Miscellaneous defects remedied 1.603
Drainage. —The drainage of 189 houses has been reconstructed.
In certain instances the drains formed portions of
combined systems, and in such cases, in default of the owners,
the work was carried out by Council workmen under the Borough
Engineer's Department, the expenses incurred thereby being
recovered from the owners.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction Act, 1923.—
No applications having been received during the year, it has not
been found necessary to issue any certificates under the above Act.
Legal Proceedings.
Public Health Act, 1925.—A summons against a builder
in respect of failure to give notice to the Urban Authority under
Section 39 of the Public Health Act, 1925, of the reconstruction of
a drain, was heard at the Stratford Police Court and was dismissed
on payment of costs.
Public Health Act, 1875.—A summons against the occupier
of a dwelling-house (82, Wallwood Road) for non-compliance
with an Order of a Justice of the Peace for admission to the premises
was heard at Stratford Police Court, and a fine of twenty shillings
was imposed; a summons taken out at the same time for failure to
abate a nuisance was adjourned for five weeks, at the end of which
time the nuisance was abated.