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The number of persons suffering from infectious
diseases and removed to hospital was 448. Six
hundred and seventy-four lots of bedding, consisting
of 9,737 articles, were disinfected in the disinfecting
chamber of the Vestry.
SANITARY WORK.
The fear of a possible invasion of cholera could
scarcely increase the activity and zeal of your
Sanitary Officers, but the possibility of that disease
being introduced caused us to carry out a systematic
re-inspection of what may be considered the weaker
parts of the Parish. The number of houses and
other premises inspected during the year ending
Lady-day, 1894, was 10,914, and 9,211 notices were
served for the execution of works which were
deemed necessary to place them in a satisfactory
sanitary condition. It may reasonably be expected
that beneficial results will ultimately accrue from
this work in other directions as well as in resisting
an invasion of cholera. The number of houses
found in a dirty and dilapidated condition was 1,620.
These were cleansed and repaired. Nine hundred
and five houses where infectious disease had prevailed
were disinfected by officials of the Vestry,
and 92 under the direction of the medical attendant.
Sixty cases of overcrowding were abated, and 17
houses were closed as unfit for human habitation
Nearly 1,300 closets were re-panned and trapped,
and 680 supplied with water. More than 2,000
defective drains were re-constructed; 2,800 badly
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