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subject, and the cost to the local authority, must tend to increase year
by year. Summary:—
Drains tested .. 252
„ reconstructed 113
„ repaired 100
Obstructed drains removed 109
Manholes and clearing-eyes provided 71
4-in. vents provided 62
Pans and traps provided 136
New gully traps provided 172
Bell traps abolished 36
Drain vent-pipes repaired or heightened 40
Soil pipes provided or repaired 9
Rain-water pipes repaired or disconnected from drains 65
New roofs 8
Roofs repaired 102
Gutters repaired or new provided 86
W.C. flush provided 26
„ reinstated 145
,, disconnected from drinking water 9
„ lighting and ventilation improved 3
Sinks and bath wastes repaired or renewed 38
Drinking water supplied from main 12
Water supply reinstated to premises 35
Yards paved and drained 232
Sculleries paved .. 19
W.C.'s cleansed and repaired 41
New sinks provided .. 21
Dirty houses cleansed 72
„ rooms cleansed 458
Floors repaired 24
Ventilation provided under floors 45
Cisterns cleansed and repaired . 29
Cesspools abolished 3
Offensive accumulations removed 94
Stables paved and drained 7
Overcrowding abated 7
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed 7
Infectious Disease. — Infectious disease has been notified as
occurring in 505 premises, which have been visited at once on receipt
of the notification, and careful inquiry made as to possible source of
infection, condition of premises, schools attended by inmates, source of
milk supply, nature of work (if any) carried on in the house, use of
library books, need for isolation, etc