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42
Dampness to ground floor rooms remedied 100
Water service pipes repaired 16
Ventilation of watereloset compartments provided 12
Waterclosets: repairs to roofs, walls, doors and seats 39
Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 108
Water storage cisterns cleansed or covered 4
Water supply to houses reinstated 1
Back yards and sculleries paved or repaired 66
Flooring of rooms repaired 82
Rooms cleansed and redecorated 482
Repairs to internal plastering of walls and ceilings 246
New scullery sinks provided 6
Repairs to sinks and waste pipes 49
Walls round sinks rendered 1
Window frames and sashes repaired 49
Windows made to open 37
Sashcords provided 324
Drains tested 10
Drains repaired and cleansed 176
New watercloset pans and traps provided 39
Repairs to firegrates 76
Repairs to washing coppers 22
Food cupboards provided 5
New dustbins provided 407
Accumulations removed 42
Rooms disinfected, after infectious disease 400
Nuisance from animals improperly kept abated 2
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito
breeding was possible were sprayed with paraffin twice early in
the year.
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928.—Ninety-two licences
to store petroleum and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling
147,153 gallons. A licence was also issued for 5 cwt. of carbide
of calcium to be stored.