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drain inspector, which office has now ceased to exist, as each
district sanitary inspector for the future takes charge of all the
drains, both old and new in his district.
Soil pipes were ventilated in seven hundred and sixty-four
cases, sink and rain water pipes disconnected in three hundred
and eighteen instances.
Three hundred and twenty water closets were cleansed and
repaired, and five cesspools discovered and abolished, One
thousand and twenty-nine closets were supplied with water or
the supply disconnected from the drinking water cistern. Six
hundred and thirty-seven cisterns were covered, cleansed or
repaired. One hundred and twenty-two houses were supplied
with water, and two hundred and thirty-six certificates of proper
and sufficient supply of water and fittings issued.
The Health Committee and the Vestry ordered proceedings
in one thousand five hundred and thirty-six instances. Summonses
were issued in forty-eight instances to enforce the same,
and in forty magisterial orders were obtained.
Mews and stables were drained and paved in ten instances,
and ninety-three accumulations of manure removed or proper
receptacles provided. Animals were found to be kept in an unfit
state in twenty-six cases.
Sanitary conveniences were provided or improvements effected
to Factories or Workshops in forty cases.
Dust receptacles were provided in seven hundred and
fourteen instances, and two hundred and five complaints
forwarded to Surveyor.
Leaky house roofs and gutters were repaired in one hundred
and eighty-two cases. Underground sleeping rooms were disused
in forty-two cases, and gipsy vans inspected in thirty.