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houses, which was his proper work, and which he has
since resumed.
Inspector Parsons has uninterruptedly attended to
complaints of nuisances, the inspection of all mewses
and stables, wharves on the canal, offensive trades,
marine stores, cow-sheds and slaughter houses.
This division of labor has worked well.
A Sanitary Report of the work of the past year
would not be complete without mentioning that a
Report was made on houses of Courts on the North
side of Harrow Road, in which it was stated that these
tenements were most of them unfit for human habitation,
and ought to be demolished under the clauses of
the Artizans' Dwelling Act; nor ought it to be forgotten
that the Vestry have appointed Commissioners to carry
out the Provisions of the Acts to establish Public Baths
and Wash-houses in this Parish. This is the true
foundation of Public hygiene, and without which all
other sanitary agencies are comparatively insignificant.