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The drains and sanitary fittings in connection with the
infected houses were examined, and, as a result, the undermentioned
defects were discovered and satisfactorily remedied
by the owners or occupiers:—
Defective drains 8
Defective and insanitary w.c.'s 8
Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts 6
Defective manholes and covers 7
Defective fresh air inlets to drains 4
Blocked drains, w.c.'s or gullies 4
Defective cementing round gullies 10
Defective connections between w.c. basins and
flush pipes 5
W.C. flush boxes out of repair 13
Insanitary stone trough 4
Defective and untrapped waste pipes 17
Defective roofs 12
Defective rain water guttering and stack pipes 6
Absence of or defective yard paving 6
Damp walls 8
Dirty ceilings and walls of rooms 37
Defective floors 3
Dirty and uncovered service water cisterns 7
Defective ashbins 19
Miscellaneous defects 14
flame Licences.
Twelve licences were granted to deal in Game.
Petroleum Acts, 1871 to 1881.
Thirty-three licences were granted for the keeping of
Petroleum Spirit and Carbide of Calcium.
Legal Proceedings.
It was not necessary to institute any legal proceedings
during the year.