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Act was three thousand eight hundred and seven, under sec. 4,
eleven hundred and thirty-eight, and the notices served under
sees. 62 ancl 65 were one thousand seven hundred and seventynine.
Complaints to the number of three thousand eight hundred
and forty-seven were received and attended to. The number of
houses disinfected was one thousand six hundred and eight,
while disinfectants were distributed in six thousand seven hundred
and thirty-nine instances, and of certificates of disinfection, one
thousand seven hundred and forty were issued, and nine hundred
and thirty-four premises were cleansed and repaired, overciowding
abated in one hundred and seven cases, and nine
hundred and twenty-three drains flushed with disinfectants after
infectious disease.
Drains were tested by water in six thousand nine hundred
and fifty-nine instances, and by smoke in fifteen hundred and
fifty. There were seven hundred and twenty-five drains cleansed
and repaired, while one thousand and seventy were relaid. There
were two hundred and eighty-seven drains laid to new houses under
the supervision of sanitary inspectors; each sanitary inspector now
takes charge of all the drains, both old and new in his district.
Soil pipes were ventilated in one thousand two hundred and
eighty-three cases, sink and rain water pipes disconnected or
repaired in five hundred and eighty-four instances.
Six hundred and eighty-three water closets were cleansed
and repaired, and four cesspools discovered and abolished, nine
hundred and twenty-five closets were supplied with water or