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Number of notices served for cleansing of houses under the
By-laws: —
Rooms Cleansed 82
Staircases and Passages Cleansed 5
Water Closets Cleansed 9
Overcrowding —
Washhouses Cleansed —
Areas and Yards Cleansed —
96
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891: —
Cleansing —
Without Ash Bin 13
Water Closets Blocked and Water Fittings
Defective 8
Water Closets Dirty
Sink Waste Defective and Blocked 3
Roof Defective 9
Insufficient Ventilation —
Defective Guttering, etc. 5
Verminous Rooms
Walls Defective 55
Yard Paving Defective —
Animals Improperly Kept —
93
Number of Inspections and Re-inspections
of Registered Houses 202
Other matters referred to Inspectors —
Intimation Notices By-laws 29
Ditto Public Health Act 17
House Drainage. One hundred and seventy house drainage
systems have-been reconstructed; 258 such systems have also been
opened, cleansed and amended; 52 surface drains have been constructed;
33 drains and soil pipes have been ventilated, 130 systems
have been tested by smoke and 101 by water, and 31 by chemicals,
of which number 192 were found to be defective; 19 new soil
pipes and 159 traps have been fixed, together with 18 intercepting
chambers and 14 other chambers; 15 areas and 21 yards. Sixty