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Proceedings that have been carried into effect by the
Vestry, for the removal of Nuisances, and the improvement
of the Sanitary condition of the Parish.
The Inspector of Nuisances Reports as follows:
I bog to submit for your information the following summary of proceedings
for the removal of nuisances, and the number of sanitary
works executed during the year ending March 25th, 1866, all independent
of, and distinct from what has been done under the direction of the
" Special Sanitary Committee."
I inspected 1,026 houses, and issued the necessary orders respecting
those that required improvement; 234 cesspools have been abolished;
324 proper water-closets have been erected in the place of open privies,
all provided with proper trapped soil pans, and properly drained to the
sewers; 150 house-drains have been cleansed and repaired; attention
has been given to improve the paving of the yards and make better
provision for the surface drainage.
Dust-bins have been provided for G2 houses, and 25 that had been
the seat of contagious disease were thoroughly lime-washed.
A sewer has been put into Chatham-gardens, where there were
between GO and 70 houses without the means of proper drainage, and
with foul cesspools, in nearly all the yards these have all been abolished,
and every privy provided with a proper trapped soil pan, and proper
drain to the sewer.
The number of sanitary works executed since the establishment of
the Vestry, arc as follows: 3,440 cesspools have been abolished, 5,055
proper water-closets have been erected in the place of open privies, and
all properly drained to the sewers; 2,547 house drains have been
cleansed and repaired; 957 dust-bins have been provided, and 18G
houses have had an additional window put in, to improve the
ventilation.