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Yards paved imperviously with stones or cement
concrete in 486 premises
Yard paving repaired, and rendered impervious in 148 „
Areas paved imperviously with stones or cement
concrete in 30 „
Sculleries ditto ditto in 97 „
Sashes provided to give ventilation in 2 „
Making a total of 5,465 separate nuisances dangerous to
health abated.
To ensure the work done being as far as possible of a durable
character, many re-inspections had to be made, and 282 letters were
written, which took up much time, resulting, however, in the Owners
having their work generally well done. A few instances are
mentioned in detail, to show the manner of procedure, and the
nature of the work accomplished.
Nos. 1 to 10, ALMA STREET, 10 houses.—The 9 inch pipe drain
extending from No. 1, through, and being the common
drain of the premises Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and
passing under the house No. 9 was found in its course
under No. 9 to have no fall, to be partly constructed of
brickwork, and partly of pipes, causing by its defects the
premises, No. 9 and 10 adjoining, to be flooded with
sewage. The owner of No. 9 re-constructed (with
moderate fall) the common drain, in its old course through
his premises; it then became necessary to call on the
owner of No. 8 to raise his part which was done, and so
in succession through all the premises till No. 1 was
reached. This completed satisfactorily a long and tedious
proceeding, which will be easily understood when it is
stated most of the houses belong to different owners, who
each employed their own men to re-construct their portion
of the common drain.