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Dwellings—
Roofs repaired or recovered 304
Rain water pipes and guttering provided or renewed 394
Dampness in walls remedied 540
Dilapidated walls under-pinned or repaired 130
Wall or ceiling plaster renewed or repaired 582
Walls and ceilings cleansed 817
Floors renewed or repaired 52
Air space and ventilation provided under floors 67
Window-frames and sashes renewed or repaired 39
Doors and frames renewed or repaired 93
Door and window furniture renewed or repaired 130
Room light or ventilation improved 17
Sash cords renewed 338
Staircases repaired or handrails provided 87
Stoves and coppers renewed or repaired 468
Chimney pots and stacks renewed or repaired 46
Sanitary Conveniences and Drains—
Sinks provided or renewed 104
Sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes renewed or repaired 139
Water-closets renewed or structurally repaired 81
Water-closet pans renewed 96
Water-closet flushing cisterns renewed or repaired 120
Soil or ventilating pipes provided or renewed 57
Obstructions removed from drains 62
Defective drains relaid or repaired 124
Houses entirely redrained 51
Miscellaneous—
Yard paving provided, renewed or repaired 233
Dust-bins provided 120
Offensive accumulations removed 18
Nuisance from keeping of animals abated 13
Other repairs and renewals 275
Drainage—
It may be noted from the preceding details that the number of house
drains renewed or repaired during the year was one hundred and twentyfour.
The premises redrained were situated in the following roads: —
Blake Hall Road; Clarendon Road; Cleveland Road; Church Path;
Fullers Road; Forest Road; Grove Road, Wanstead; Grove Road,
Woodford; High Road, South Woodford; Horn Lane; Ingatestone
Road, Woodford Green; Lakehouse Road; Maybank Road; Monkhams
Lane; Prospect Road; Peel Road; Ray Lodge Road; Selsdon
Road; Sunset Avenue; Warwick Road.
Drain Testing.—The Council have a scheme in operation for those
who wish to obtain information as to the condition of the drainage before
purchase of a house. Upon application being made the house drainage is
examined and tested with smoke and a certificate issued specifying the
results of the examination at a charge of two per cent. of the gross assessment
of the house.
Certificates were granted in respect of six premises.