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the supply disconnected from the drinking-water cistern. Five
hundred and forty-one cistern's were covered, cleansed or repaired.
One hundred and forty-one houses were supplied with'water, and
three hundred and twenty-seven certificates of proper and
sufficient supply of water and fittings issued.
The Health Committee and the Vestry ordered proceedings
in one thousand two hundred and thirteen instances. Summonses
were issued in seventy-two instances to enforce the same, and in
sixty-two magisterial orders were obtained.
Mews and stables were drained and paved in thirty-six
instances, and one hundred and eighty accumulations of manure
&c. removed or proper receptacles provided. Animals were
found to be kept in an unfit state in twenty-one cases.
Sanitary conveniences were provided or improvements effected
to Factories or Workshops in one hundred and eighty instances.
Dust receptacles were provided in six hundred and ninety
instances, and one hundred and fifty complaints forwarded to
Surveyor.
Leaky house roofs and gutters were repaired in four hundred
and nine cases. Underground sleeping rooms were disused in
twenty-eight cases and gipsy vans inspected in one hundred and
ten cases.
Details of During the year 1898, 72 summonses were issued
proceedings on behalf of the Public Health Department, particulars
at Police
Court of which are here set out:—