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Character of Work Done
Roofs repaired 44
Rainwater gutters and piping repaired or renewed 18
Ventilation under floors provided or improved 8
Dampness to ground floor rooms remedied 19
Water service pipes repaired 10
Waterclosets: repairs to roof, walls, doors and seats 19
Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 25
Water storage cisterns cleansed or covered 24
Water supply to houses reinstated 7
Back yards and sculleries paved or repaired 6
Flooring of rooms repaired 9
Rooms cleansed and redecorated 145
Repairs to internal plastering of walls and ceilings 159
Repairs to sinks and waste pipes 26
Window frames and sashes repaired 52
Windows made to open 8
Sashcords provided 24
Drains tested 9
Drains repaired and cleansed 168
New watercloset pans and traps provided 16
Repairs to firegrates 6
Repairs to washing coppers 6
New dustbins provided 49
Accumulations removed 28
Rooms disinfected, after infectious disease 191
Repairs to chimney eaves 6
Repairs to piggeries 8
Sundries 16
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.—Eighty licences to
store petroleum and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling
147,800 gallons. A licence was also issued for 20 cwt. of carbide
of calcium to be stored.