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DISINFECTANTS.
During the months of June, July, August, September and October 4 tons of disinfectants
were given away at the Town Hall to 8272 applicants.
In addition to the ordinary notices served for the abatement of nuisances, 803 letters
have been written.
The following details are submitted, showing the general character of the work that
has encaged attention during the past year.
BOSTON STREET (28 houses.)
(Nos. 12, 14, 16, 18, and Nos. 23 to 71.)
These were four-roomed cottages—they were old and worn out structures.
Originally they were built of the most inferior materials, and in the worst manner.
The Leaseholder, under Sanitary Notices, had done much work from time to time, in
order to keep the places fit for habitation, but the destructive habits of the miserably
poor tenants operating on the decayed fabric of the dwellings, proved again and again
that the money so spent was practically wasted, and that a thorough renovation of the
premises was needful in the interests of all concerned. The Sanitary Committee being
satisfied on those points, ordered notices to be served, specifying, in detail, the works
necessary to renovation. It then appeared that the lease would expire in about three
years, and it was urged on behalf of the leaseholder that the cost of the works would far
exceed the returns from the property during that period, and under those circumstances
the Committee consented to delay proceedings, in order to enable the leaseholder (a