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paved yards were repaired ; 400 roofs and 500 rainshoots
were put in order. Eighty-six bakehouses
were inspected.
For providing the requisite means of ventilation
of underground floors by the insertion of air bricks,
proceedings were taken in 1,600 cases.
In nearly 3,000 instances the water used for
flushing water-closets was separated from that in
use for other domestic purposes. Sixty animals and
fowls were removed as being a nuisance. A large
number of articles of food including beef, pork, fish,
fowls and fruit were seized by the Sanitary Inspector
and destroyed. Seventy dead bodies were removed
from rooms to the mortuary provided by the Vestry;
which also afforded accommodation for 89 postmortem
examinations. A large number of factories
and workshops were inspected and the owners or
occupiers required to improve their sanitary condition.
Thanking my fellow officers for the valuable
assistance they are always willing to render, and the
Vestry for the kind support given me during many
years,
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN DIXON,
M.D., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., &c.
Medical Officer of Health.
133, Jamaica Road, Bermondsey.
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