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owners were required to provide a constant supply of water, which
was readily complied with. America Street, Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, and 22 were in a filthy and dilapidated condition; the roofs
admitted the rain, and the water-closets were most foul, the
paving of yards was defective, and the drains untrapped. All
these nuisances have been effectually remedied. Zoar Street, 34 to
56, several houses had no provision for household refuse, the
paving in the yards was defective, and the water-closets at 48 and
50 were falling to the ground. These nuisances were also
remedied. Edward Street, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10, the houses, yards,
and water-closets, were in a very filthy condition, and the dustbins
broken and destroyed. All this has been thoroughly
remedied.
The whole of the houses in Whitecross Street were inspected,
and many of them were found to be filthy and dilapidated, the
drains untrapped, and the paving defective. The premises are
now in good sanitary condition. Albert Terrace, Surrey Row—
hero was discovered a small brick drain covered with pantiles,
running the whole length of the houses, and receiving the drainage
from the water-closets and yards. Each house had a separate
water-closet, from which the cxcrete fell into a small brick cesspool,
about six inches below the surface of the drain. The closets
were without water supply. Notice was served to remove the
brick drain, and substitute an earthenware pipe drain, to fill up
the cesspool, and provide water to the closets. The owners at
once carried out the suggested work. In Boddy's Bridge, a brick
drain was found, about three feet below the surface of the yard, in
a defective state, and permitting the sewage to impregnate the
ground. This has been remedied. Prince's Street, 11, 13, 14,
and 15, the houses were dilapidated, the roofs and water-closets
defective. Loman Street, 26, 28, 30, 32, and 34, the houses
were dilapidated, and the paving and water-closets defective.
Orange Street, 51, 53, and 55, the water-closets were defective
and without water; the drainage was defective, and the houses
in a dirty and dilapidated condition. All these houses have been
put in a proper sanitary state.
For the more efficient ventilation of sewers, ventilating shafts