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Drainage:—
Drains tested with smoke, water or colour 58
Drains cleared or repaired 115
Sink wastepipes cleared or repaired 19
Wastepipes repaired or trapped 6
Houses with drains relaid or partially relaid 12
Inspection chambers constructed or improved 2
Soilpipes and vent pipes cleared or repaired 6
Inspection chamber covers renewed 7
Mica flaps fitted 1
Dampness, Houses with:—
Dampness in basement rooms remedied 13
Dampness in ground floor rooms remedied 16
Roofs repaired 57
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed 10
Gutters renewed or repaired 17
Walls repointed or rendered and dampness in first floor rooms
remedied 23
Window sills repaired 2
Cleanliness:—
Verminous rooms disinfected 76
Dirty rooms, etc., cleansed 12
Miscellaneous:—
Houses with floor joists, etc., repaired 20
Houses with skirtings repaired 5
Houses with yard or forecourt paved or repaired 4
Houses with window frames, etc., repaired 23
Houses with miscellaneous defects remedied 5
Houses with doors and frames repaired or renewed 6
Houses with front and back steps repaired 13
Houses with stairs repaired 3
Houses with fireplace jambs and mantels repaired 5
Heating stove flues repaired 5
New sash cords provided 11
Cowls to chimneys renewed or repaired 3
Dustbins provided 86
Accumulations removed 13
Undereaves soffits repaired 5
Wasps' nests destroyed 35
HOUSING—CLEARANCE OF UNFIT HOUSES
Representations in respect of 68 dwellings were made during the year.
The greater number of these dwellings were in "The Groves" Area.
A closing order on one dwelling was determined during the year, and one
dwelling provisionally subject to a closing order was demolished.