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substantial repair, (2) to such an amount of uncleanliness or dampness
as to require thorough cleansing of the whole or part of the premises,
concreting of sites, insertion of a damp-proof course or repair of roofing,
but seldom in more than one of these.
The following summary shows the nature and variety of the works
which have been carried out to remedy defects which have been
discovered as causing or likely to cause conditions inimical to the
Public Health:—
Drains tested 126
„ reconstructed or repaired 239
„ obstructions removed 207
„ means of access provided 18
„ ventilation provided 42
„ „ repaired 139
Soil pipes repaired 25
„ new provided 10
Rainwater pipes, renewed 189
„ „ disconnected from drains 9
Roofs repaired or renewed 410
Gutterings repaired or renewed 243
W.c. pans or traps provided 99
Gully traps provided 52
W.c. flush cisterns provided 47
„ „ repaired 197
„ reinstated 30
W.c. floors concreted 20
W.c.'s repaired and cleansed 279
W.c.'s, light and ventilation improved 3
Waste-pipes renewed or trapped 216
New sinks provided 7
Water supply reinstated 28
Cisterns cleansed and covered 148
Drinking-water cisterns abolished 4
Urinals, improved flushes provided 1
„ cleansed or repaired 21
„ paved 1
Sculleries paved 46
Yards and forecourts paved and repaired 294
Dirty houses cleansed 81
„ rooms cleansed 2,863
Floors repaired 157
Ventilations under floors provided 134
New damp-proof courses provided 61
Sites concreted 6
Rooms ventilated 4
Offensive accumulations removed 87