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54
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT
OF NUISANCES.
Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated
brick drains in 342 premises.
Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or
relaid in 217 „
Drains provided where there were none before in 3 „
Drains (untrapped), traps provided in 332 „
Cesspools emptied and filled up in 19 „
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close
to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to
pass into the dwellings) disconnected from
drains in 403 „
Stack pipes provided in 20 ,,
Eaves gutters provided in 25 „
Waste pipes, of sinks within doors (untrapped and
permitting sewer gas to impregnate the
dwellings) 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 187 „
Roofs repaired in 82 ,,
Stairs repaired in 19 „
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 120 „
Ditto ditto in part in 90 „
Sashes repaired in 11 „
Ventilation provided under ground floor in 19 „
Water closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed and
repaired in 535 ,,
Water closets cleansed and whitened in 118 ,,
Water restored or newly laid on to water closets in 541 ,,
Obstructions in water closets removed in 52 „
Water closets in close dark situations removed into
light and air in 38 „