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72
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT
OF NUISANCES.
Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated
brick drains in 51 premises
Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or
re-laid in 335 „
Drains provided where there were none before in 9 „
Drains (untrapped), traps provided in 84 „
Cesspools emptied and filled up in 48 „
Accumulations of Sewage removed from 24 „
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close
to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to
pass into the dwellings) disconnected from
drains in 367 „
Stack pipes provided in 66 „
Eaves gutters provided in 37 „
Window cills provided in 27 „
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 312 „
Roofs repaired in 100 „
Stairs repaired in 87„
Floors repaired in 88 „
Hearth stones and jambs provided in 33 „
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 122 „
Ditto ditto in part in 150 „
Sashes repaired in 77 „
Ventilation provided under ground floors in 18 „
Ventilation bricks provided under ground floors in 24 „
Sashes for Ventilation provided in 6 „
Water closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed and
repaired in 616 „