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2,298 yards were cleansed, paved or repaired ; 48 areas and stables were
paved and drained ; and 470 washhouses and forecourts were paved.
There were 66 nuisances under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891
with respect to the keeping of animals, and these were all abated.
22 nuisances with respect to open fires in yards were remedied.
Notices were served to provide 2,699 sanitary dust receptacles, and 17
manure receptacles were provided or re-constructed; 540 offensive accumulations
were removed from the rear of dwelling houses.
141 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
9 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
44 urinals have been fixed.
39 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
310 visits were made to bakehouses, and 310 cleansings were carried out.
9,098 notices were served to have houses cleansed.
237 sink, bath, lavatory, or rain-water pipes, which were communicating
directly with the drain, were disconnected.
20,050 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc., were carried
out as the result of notices served.
65 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the
damp walls of 991 rooms were remedied.
The number of registered milkshops at the end of the year was 430
and 1,409 visits were made to inspect the condition of the premises, milk
receptacles, etc.
Ice cream was manufactured at 200 premises, and 365 inspection
were made to them.
2,588 verminous premises were cleansed during the year.