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The number of houses found to be in a dirty and
dilapidated condition, requiring cleansing and repair
was 770. Through information derived from notification
of infectious diseases, 1,001 houses were
inspected, 896 were disinfected by your officers, and
86 others were disinfected to the satisfaction of the
medical attendants on the cases; 781 defective
drains were repaired, and notices were served for
ventilating 591. Underground floors were provided
with more adequate means of ventilation in 513
cases, and 826 houses were benefited by separating
the water used for flushing water-closets from that
used for ordinary purposes. The number of persons
suffering from infectious diseases who were removed
to hospital was 349. 118 notices for the
abatement of smoke nuisance were served. Great
use was made of the mortuary, where 301 bodies
were received and 52 post-mortem examinations
made. Fifteen dead bodies were removed to the
mortuary from rooms in which persons were living,
and nine cases were deaths from infectious disease.
A large number of articles of food, which were
unfit for human consumption, were seized and
destroyed. The disinfecting chamber of the vestry
was used to disinfect 4,890 articles, and 38 lots of
bedding were destroyed in the furnace employed for
that purpose.
A large number of factories and workshops were
inspected, and the owners served with notices to
provide improved sanitary accommodation for the
use of the work-people
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