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84.
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT
OF NUISANCES.
Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated
brick drains in 73 premises.
Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or
re-laid in 312 „
Drains provided where there were none before in 12 ,,
Drains (untrapped), traps provided in 92 „
Cesspools emptied and filled up in 17 „
Accumulations of Sewage removed from 50 „
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close
to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to
pass into the dwellings) disconnected from
drains in 242 ,,
Stack pipes provided in 113 „
Eaves gutters provided in 162 ,,
Window cills provided in 63 ,,
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 346 ,,
Roofs repaired in 187 „
Stairs repaired in 186 „
Floors repaired in 192 „
Hearth stones and jambs provided in 52 ,,
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 340 „
Ditto ditto in part in 63 „
Sashes repaired in 177 ,,
Ventilation provided under ground floor in 33 ,
Water closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed and
repaired in 458
Water closets cleansed and whitened in 73