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69
W.c. flush disconnected from d.w. supply 10
W.c. flush repaired or renewed 120
New sinks provided 67
Sink and bath wastes repaired or renewed 246
„ „ trapped 103
Sink or food cupboards ventilated 19
Water supply reinstated or improved 61
Cisterns cleansed and covered 193
Cisterns abolished 23
Urinals specially cleansed 3
Sculleries paved 37
Yards and forecourts paved and drained. 419
Overcrowding abated 56
Dirty houses cleansed 131
Dirty rooms cleansed 1079
Floors repaired 93
Ventilation under floors provided 176
New damp-proof courses provided 10
Sites concreted 14
Stables paved, drained and cleansed 23
Offensive accumulations removed 153
Nuisance from keeping of animals abated 43
Manure receptacles provided or repaired 19
Rat infested places remedied 3
Infectious Disease. Five hundred and fifty-five houses have been
disinfected after infectious disease and inspection made as to their
sanitary condition, and 105 books in use belonging to the Council's
Public Library were removed, disinfected and returned to the Chief
Librarian. As a result of this inspection, insanitary conditions, mostly
slight in nature, have been found in 133 premises. These have been
remedied, in addition to the fumigation of the infected rooms and, where
necessary, stripping, cleansing and whitewashing of the same.
The bedding, clothing, etc., removed from infected premises have
been disinfected at the Council's steam disinfecting chamber. The
undermentioned articles have been dealt with :—
Beds 457
Bolsters 344
Pillows 842
Blankets 819
Miscellaneous 4694
Rooms fumigated or sprayed 596