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TABLE V.
SANITARY WORK, &c., DURING THE YEAR 1887.
Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances.
Houses and other premises inspected
5221
Notices served to execute works, &c.
3292
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and
repaired, etc.
225
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified
125
Cases of overcrowding abated
9
Houses closed as unfit for habitation
22
Privies repaired or ventilated
111
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed
153
Closets supplied with water
279
Defective drains repaired
143
Stopped drains cleared
350
Untrapped sinks trapped
201
Cesspools abolished
4
Badly paved yards repaired
197
Water receptacles supplied
19
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired
48
Houses supplied with water
17
Dustbins provided
219
Defective roofs repaired
91
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired
84
Offensive accumulations removed
34
Houses drained direct into the public sewer .
75
Defective water apparatus in w.c. repaired
97
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed
7
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed
6
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed
26
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed
10
Cow-houses inspected and licensed
13
Bakehouses inspected
93
Cellar flaps repaired
9
Stables and other promises drained
51
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes
58
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open air
140
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital
36
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary upon
Magistrates orders
8
Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not
complying with orders of the Vestry
41
Food destroyed—
Trunks of Fish,4; baskets of ditto,3
7
Pieces Beef
10
Various attendances at the Police Courts, etc.
H. THOMAS, Inspector.