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86
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close
to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to
pass into the dwellings) disconnected from
drains in 346 premises
Stack pipes provided in 41
Eaves gutters provided in 51 „
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 277 „
Roofs repaired in 146 „
Stairs repaired in 83 „
Floors repaired in 97 „
Hearth stones and jambs provided in 31 „
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 261 „
Ditto ditto in part in 250 „
Sashes repaired in 61 „
Ventilation provided under ground floors in 4 „
Water closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed and
repaired in 406 „
Water restored or newly laid on to water closets in 619 „
Obstructions in water closets removed in 24 „
Water closets in close, dark, and otherwise injurious
situations removed into light and air in 35 „
Water supplied direct from the main, in lieu of
cisterns 137 „
Leaking water pipes, causing dampness, repaired in 19 „
Yards and areas lime washed 250 „
Dust bins provided 287 „
Dust bins repaired 21 „
Yards paved imperviously with stone or cement
concrete in 405 „
Yard paving repaired and rendered impervious in 20 „
Areas paved imperviously with stone or cement
concrete in 25 „
Sculleries ditto ditto in 35 „
Premises unfit for habitation closed 16 „