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Thirty-four defective stoves, ranges or coppers
have been repaired or renewed.
Thirty-eight defective doors have been repaired
or renewed.
Ten rooms have been provided with permanent
means of ventilation.
Three staircases have been provided with a
handrail.
Two houses have been painted externally.
Four hundred and fifty-one dirty or infectious
rooms have been cleansed and decorated.
At two houses defective brickwork belonging
to external walls has been repaired.
Paving of Yards.
Section 25 of the Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1907, provides that if any yard in connection
with and exclusively belonging to a dwelling
house is not so formed, flagged, asphalted or paved,
or shall not be provided with such works on, above
or below the surface of the yard to allow of the
effectual drainage by safe and suitable means to a
proper outfall, the Local Authority may require the
owner of the dwelling house to execute all such
works as are necessary for the effectual drainage of
the subsoil or surface of the yard to a proper outfall.
Where this Section has been enforced, great
improvement has been effected in the condition of
the yard and general surroundings, tending to
greater cleanliness and to the prevention of