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4,630 drains were tested with smoke, and 114 were re-tested; 1,504 drains
were either constructed or re-constructed, cleansed or repaired; 876 were
trapped.
127 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated ; 709 new closet pans and
traps were fixed; 3,113 closets were either cleansed or repaired, or provided
with additional light and ventilation; 1,227 water closets were provided with
a proper flushing apparatus.
42 cisterns were cleansed and covered.
42 cases of overcrowding were abated.
Water supply to houses was reinstated in 133 instances.
1,536 yards were cleansed, paved or repaired; 21 areas and stables were
paved and drained; and 483 washhouses and forecourts were paved.
There were 37 nuisances under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
with respect to the keeping of animals, and these were abated.
10 nuisances with respect to open fires in yards were remedied.
Notices were served to provide 1,543 sanitary dust receptacles, and
11 manure receptacles were provided or re-constructed. 475 offensive
accumulations were removed.
69 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.,
4 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
20 urinals were fixed.
37 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
330 visits were made to bakehouses, and 249 cleansings were carried out.
7,928 notices were served to have houses or parts thereof cleansed.
154 sink, bath, lavatory, or rain-water pipes, which were communicating
directly with the drain, were disconnected.
16,907 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc., were carried out
as the result of notices served.
32 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the
damp walls of 1,128 rooms were remedied.
1,090 verminous premises were cleansed.