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SUMMARY OF REMEDIAL WORKS AND SANITARY
IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY SITTINGS,
Number of houses and other premises redrained 17
Number of houses and other premises connected to soil
sewers 3
Repairs and amendments to existing drains 163
Drains or gullies unstopped and cleansed 305
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, provided or
cleansed 830
Water service pipes and/or cisterns, repaired, renewed
or cleansed 41
Water, smoke and chemical tests applied 436
W.C. APARTMENTS.
W.C. Apartments provided 8
W.C, Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 13
Ventilated lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided 5
Separate accommodation for the sexes provided 3
W.C, Apartments cleansed 64
STRUCTURAL RE' AIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS.
Roofs renewed or repaired 316
Guttering and rainwater pipes provided, repaired etc. 163
Damp walls remedied 110
Brickwalls repointed, repaired or rendered 66
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 30
Yards paved or repaired 18
Sites of houses concreted 7
Floors relaid or repaired 174
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 139
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired 57
Staircases, and/or handrails provided or repaired 22
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 96
Miscellaneous 165
CLEANSING.
Rooms, passages, larders etc. cleansed repaired 473
Trade premises cleansed 98
Verminous houses disinfested for bugs, fleas 44
Premises sprayed for flies, crickets, cockroaches etc. 90
Premises disinfected after various diseases 241
Miscellaneous 92
Offal bins provided 2
Dustbins provided 1ll
Accumulations of refuse and manure removed 33
Premises cleared of rats and/or mice 351
Offensive ponds and ditches cleansed 1
Wasp nests destroyed 113
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
The few chimneys attached to industrial premises in
the district have been kept under observation.
During the year seven smoke and grit nuisances were
detected and abated without the need for formal action.
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