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House to house inspection.
24. Table IX. shews the tabulated work of the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year. The house to house inspection has
continued but not so rapidly as in 1893, as more time has been
occupied in thoroughly examining the drainage of all houses in
which there was reason for suspecting anything amiss. Altogether
nearly 2000 houses were inspected house to house, at
which rate the whole parish would be re-inspected in five years.
The whole parish has already been inspected house to house
in the years 1892 and 1893, so that it is not necessary to reinspect
the whole at the same rate, but rather to make frequent
inspection of those houses and streets which have been found to
require it. This is what is being done.
25. On the whole the sanitary work of the year will compare
favourably with that of preceding years; it was more thorough
and very much more has been done in improving drainage.
More damp walls have also been remedied.
Mortjary.
26. I visited the Mortuary on different occasions and found it
kept in a satisfactory condition. During the year a gas stove was
provided and other small improvements made. No steps have
yet been taken for providing a mortuary more adequate for the
size of the parish.
27. Various arrangements resulting from the separation of
Plumstead and the constituting of the Vestry as Sanitary
authority, have helped to facilitate the working of the sanitary