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1,633 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 806 new closet pans and traps
were fixed; 1,727 closets were either cleansed or repaired or provided with
additional light and ventilation; 1,460 water-closets were provided with proper
flushing apparatus.
1,724 yards, forecourts and areas were paved or repaired.
Notices were served to provide 959 sanitary dust receptacles, and 18 manure
receptacles; 623 offensive accumulations were removed from the rear of dwelling
houses.
149 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
30 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued from
being used as such.
16 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
303 visits were made to bakehouses.
3,386 notices were served to have houses cleansed; water supply was reinstated
to 89 houses.
242 sink, bath or rain-water pipes, which were communicating directly with
the drain, were disconnected.
5,967 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, &c., were made as the result
of notices served.
53 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the damp
walls of 562 rooms were remedied.
There are 761 houses registered as houses let in lodgings, and 1,172 visits
were made under the bye-laws.
Overcrowding.—12,417 inspections were made for the purpose of detecting
overcrowding. 237 rooms were found to be overcrowded. The nuisance was abated
in every instance without the necessity of taking Police Court proceedings.
The number of registered milkshops at the end of 1916 was 477, and 1,838 visits
were made to inspect the condition of the premises, milk receptacles, &c.
Ice cream was manufactured at 144 premises and 305 visits were made to them
267 verminous persons were cleansed and their clothing disinfected, and 1,274
verminous premises were dealt with during the year.
Acting in co-operation with the London Hospital the premises of 598 persons
who were treated at that institution for Scabies were disinfected.