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the ninth table of the Appendix, and it will be
remarked that in the course of the year there were
15,518 inspections of houses, and that 1,155 of them
required amendment in certain particulars. The
total number of notices or orders issued for sanitary
improvements was 1,981, and of these 614 were for
cleansing and limewhiting the interior of houses, 564
for cleansing and repairing privies, 412 for trapping
and amending drains and sinks, 95 for improving the
water-supply, 81 for paving yards and cellars, 71 for
removing and preventing the discharge of waste
water, 20 for repairing dust-bins, 7 for abolishing
cesspools, 10 for abating smoke nuisance, 2 for removing
animals improperly kept, and 105 for sundry
other sanitary improvements. In addition to these,
there have been 90 inspections of the bakehouses of
the City, in accordance with the provisions of " The
Bakehouse Regulation Act, 1863," and 10 orders
have been issued for their amendment in various
particulars.
The Sanitary Inspector of Shipping has visited 1,535
ships within the district of the City, and has found 15
of them defective in ventilation, &c., in the forecastles.
Each of the Inspectors has also delivered about
1,000 sanitary orders for cleansing and limewhiting
the common lodging-houses of the City, in conformity
with the regulations of "The Sanitary Act, 1866."
Again, a large number of houses and ships have