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Rainwater pipes disconnected from drain or soil pipe 127
Defective rainwater pipes repaired 114
Defective eaves gutters repaired 14
Defective roofs made watertight 11
Stable floors paved and drained 9
Public house urinals re-constructed 1
Privies converted into water closets 2
Sites of houses concreted to prevent dampness 21
Dry areas built to prevent dampness 2
Houses provided with damp courses 2
Dirty houses cleansed and whitewashed 14
Nuisance from overcrowding abated 3
Accumulations of manure, &c. removed 2
Of the three cases of overcrowding referred
to in the foregoing schedule, one occurred at
Hook and two at Tolworth. They were all very
bad cases, but in each instance the service of a
formal notice had the desired effect of causing an
abatement of the nuisance.
Twenty-one houses have been provided with
sanitary dust bins where none previously existed.
Two hundred and thirty-one old iron container
and long hopper pans have been abolished,
and closets of an approved form substituted.
House Drainage.
As in previous years a very large amount
of time and attention has been paid to the
condition of house drains.
This is one of the most important departments
of sanitary work. It is certainly the
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