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96
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT
OF NUISANCES.
Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated
brick drains in 29 promises
Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or
re-laid in 492 „
Drains provided where there were none before in 38 ,,
Drains (untrapped) traps provided in 195 „
Rats infesting, and sewer gas impregnating —
(cured) in 54 „
Cesspools emptied and filled up in 8 ,,
Accumulation of sewage removed from 45 ,,
Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close to
bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to pass
into the dwellings) disconnected from drains in 400 ,,
Stack pipes provided in 56 „
Eaves gutters provided in 66 ,,
Waste pipes of sinks within doors (untrapped and
permitting sewer gas to impregnate the dwellings)
have boon securely trapped, or otherwise
disconnected from drains and have now their
ends in the open air, and immediately over the
yard sinks in 275 ,,
Hoofs repaired in 94 ,,
Stairs repaired in 61 ,,
Floors repaired in 69 ,,
Hearth stones and jambs provided in 28 „
Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired
throughout in 101 „
Ditto ditto in part in 129 „
Sashes repaired in 37 ,,
Ventilation provided under ground floors in 32 ,,
Wafer closets (foul and dilapidated) cleansed, repaired
and fitted to "Shoreditoh Model" in 510 „
Water restored or newly laid on to water closets in 571 ,,