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52
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT
OF NUISANCES.
Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated
brick drains in 249 premises
Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or
relaid in 289 „
Drains provided where there were none before in 19 „
Drains (untrapped), traps provided in 295 „
Cesspools emptied and filled up in 28 „
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close
to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to
pass into the dwellings) disconnected from drains in 243 ,,
Stack pipes provided in 45 „
Eaves gutters provided in 69 „
Waste pipes, of sinks within doors (untrapped and
permitting sewer gas to impregnate thedwellings) have been securely trapped, or otherwise
disconnected from drains, and have now
their ends in the open air, and immediately over
the yard sinks in 140 „
Roofs repaired in 90 „
Flooring repaired in 125 „
Stairs repaired in 88 „
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 220 „
Ditto ditto in part in 199 „
Sashes provided to improve light and ventilation in 10 „
Window Cills provided in 10 „
Ventilation provided under ground floor in 65 „
Water closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed and
repaired in 605 „
Water restored or newly laid on to water closets in 617 „
Obstructions in water closets removed in 59 „
Waters closets in close dark situations removed
into light and air in 12 „