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Three wet basements have been provided with
a subsoil drain, and the site covered with concrete.
Two hundred and sixty-nine defective brick or
iron traps have been removed, and replaced with
properly trapped stoneware gullies.
Six stables have been provided with effectual
drainage.
All drains re-laid were tested with water before
the trenches were filled in, and again when the work
was finished, to ensure their being left in a watertight
condition.
Soil and Ventilating Pipes.
Nineteen defective soil pipes have been repaired.
Forty defective light iron soil pipes have been
removed, and replaced with strong cast-iron pipes,
with molten lead caulked joints.
One defective soil pipe inside the house has
been removed and fixed outside and ventilated.
All new soil and ventilating pipes are now
tested with the smoke machine. This I find to be
very essential, as quite 90 per cent. of the new pipes
fixed do not withstand the test, and a second, and in
some cases a third, test is necessary.
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