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219 new soil pipes were fixed and ventilated; 1,043 new closet pans and
traps were fixed; 3,110 closets were either cleansed or repaired, or provided
with additional light and ventilation; 1,214 water closets were provided
with a proper flushing apparatus.
78 cisterns were cleansed and covered.
Water supply to houses was reinstated in 83 instances.
1,439 yards were cleansed, paved or repaired; 15 areas and stables
were paved and drained; 179 washhouses and forecourts were paved.
There were 34 nuisances under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891
with respect to the keeping of animals, and these were abated.
11 nuisances with respect to open fires in yards were remedied.
Notices were served to provide 1,842 sanitary dust receptacles, and 17
manure receptacles were provided or re-constructed. 323 offensive accumulations
were removed.
139 houses were ventilated under the lower floor.
10 underground rooms, which were illegally occupied, were discontinued
from being used as such.
35 urinals were fixed.
29 smoke nuisances were abated.
7,659 notices were served to have houses or parts thereof cleansed.
62 sink, bath, lavatory, or rain-water pipes, which were communicating
directly with the drain, were disconnected.
15,584 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, etc., were carried
out as the result of notices served.
40 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation, and the
damp walls of 1,758 rooms were remedied.
725 verminous premises were cleansed.
3,846 written complaints were made which were duly investigated and
dealt with where necessary—501 were from H.M. Inspector of Factories
relating to workshops, 119 from the L.C.C. respecting verminous school
children, and 3,226 related to the condition of houses, etc.