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In addition to the ordinary notioos served for the abatement of
nuisances 523 letters have been written.
To show the charaoter of the work done, a few cases are given
in detail as follows:—
1 to 16, BANKSTOCK BUILDINGS, WHITMORE ROAD.—
Are two roomed houses, each house has a small yard, scullery,
and water closet attachod. Tho sculleries were paved with soft
bricks imbeded in wot filth—tho common house sink in each
scullery was an untrapped five hole stone. The water closets
were filthy in tho extreme—without water supply and standing
over disused cesspools. The yards wero not paved—and the pipe
drains which had been laid within a few years—were laid in a
very irregular manner that permitted sewage to escape and
sodden the ground.
Notioes wore served on the owner in compliance with whioh,
the cesspools wore emptied, and filled up with lime rubbish—the
closets re-constructed with concrete floors, and water laid on.
The drains re-laid throughout, the yards and sculleries paved
with cement concrete—and one publio dust bin of improved
construction built in the court, which relieves all the houses from
accumulations of refuse in the small back yards.
1 to 6, NORFOLK GARDENS, CURTAIN ROAD.—Are four
roomed houses—the yards wero badly paved, water closets foul
and no water laid on. Water stored in oisterns situate in foul
yards. The forecourts, were unpaved and undrained and consequently
foul.
Notices were served on the owner in compliance with which
the water closets have been re-constructed, with concrete floors,
and water laid on. The yards paved with cement concrete and
water given direct from the main in lieu of cisternage, and a
public dust bin of the improved order built.
In addition to these improvements, on my recommendation,
tho owner has removed the whole of the wood fencing that