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were submitted to the action of the hot-air chamber was
14,788. The number of persons removed to hospitals was
726.
SANITARY WORK.
The total number of houses and other premises inspected
during the year ending Lady-day, 1899, was 5,209, against
5,222 in the previous year, and 3,606 in 1896-7. The reinspections
numbered 11,984. The notices and intimations
served for the execution of sanitary work were 2,482. The
number of houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition
which were caused to be cleansed and repaired was 415;
of houses disinfected, 786; and of houses closed as unfit for
human habitation, 13. Overcrowding was abated in 57
instances. In the previous year there were 81 cases. The
number of dead bodies which were removed from rooms to
the Parish Mortuary was 34, and 97 post-mortems were
made in the room provided for that purpose. The
slaughter-houses inspected numbered 5, the cow-houses 6,
and the bake-houses 83. Among the articles seized and
destroyed as unfit for the food of man were 78 barrels of
salted pigs' livers, which were in a thoroughly decomposed
state, and from which it was intended to prepare a cheap
extract of meat for the sustenance of the working man and
the nourishment of the sick. In this case the maximum
penalty of £50 was inflicted, with full costs. The list of condemned
articles of food also includes 25 cwt. of German