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The parties concerned paid the costs, and did what was
required of them.
Two hundred and twenty-two houses in a dirty
and dilapidated condition were cleansed and repaired,
and 254 houses in which infectious diseases had
occurred were disinfected. Five persons suffering
from infectious diseases were removed to the hospital
under the Sanitary Act, and 8 dead bodies were
removed to the mortuary from rooms in which persons
were living. Eleven cases of over-crowding were
abated. Seventy-three offensive accumulations and 82
animals kept so as to be a nuisance were removed.
Defective drains occupied a large portion of the
Inspector's time. He reports 532 stopped; 113 old,
dilapidated, and useless; 91 defective; and 14 of
inadequate size. Each of these required three or four
attendances, viz : —to view, to serve notice, and to
inspect during progress and on completion of works.
The usual sanitary inspections were made, and
particular attention was paid to the exposure for sale of
meat, fish, rabbits, fruit, &c., which were unfit for
food. Several articles were seized and destroyed.
The activity and efficiency of your Inspector are
well-known. I have much pleasure in stating that he
has rendered me every assistance, and with the utmost
cordiality.