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Forty-four defective waste water preventers were
removed and new ones provided.
Nine closets not previously supplied with water had the
water supply properly laid 011.
Twenty-five water closet flush pipes which were found
connected directly to the drinking water tank by means of a
spindle valve were disconnected, and suitable waste water
preventer or flush-box provided.
One additional water closet was provided where the
existing accommodation was found to be insufficient.
Twenty dilapidated closet buildings were repaired and
put in order, and in nineteen instances the lighting and
ventilation of such buildings were improved.
Sinks.
Fifty-five foul and defective absorbent stone sinks were
abolished and new glazed stoneware trough sinks substituted.
Twelve houses were found to be without a suitable sink,
but suitable sinks were provided by the owners upon written
request from the Health Department.
Thirty-two defective waste pipes were properly trapped
and ventilated. In connection with this class of nuisance the
following statement appears in a special report recently issued
by a departmental committee of the Local Government Board
on house drainage:—
"There seems to be 110 doubt that untrapped
"waste pipes of sinks and lavatories discharging into
"the open air, even those which are of short length,
"may be the cause of serious nuisance inside the
"dwelling, and that such pipes, 011 this account, need to
"be provided with efficient traps close to the fittings to
"which they belong."
Testing of Drains and Sanitary Fittings.
The number of tests applied to drains and sanitary
fittings during the year was 344.
Smoke tests applied to old drains, etc., 214.
Water tests applied to new drains, 123.