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disinfected, and kept unoccupied for a month.
Bedding and all possibly infected articles of
clothing were destroyed. The late inmates of the
house were kept under observation, and desired to
abstain from following their respective employments
for a time. Three other cases subsequently
occurred among the members of the same family
but there was no spread of the disease. The cost
to the Vestry was as follows: Compensation for
destruction of bedding and clothing, £18 2s. 11d.,
cost of stripping and cleansing rooms, £7 12s. 10d.,
compensation for loss of wages, &c., £7 10s. 6d.,
total, £33 6s. 3d. As the extreme infectiveness of
typhus is so well known, the result of the action
taken by the Sanitary Committee must be regarded
as eminently satisfactory.
SANITARY WORK.
The total number of houses and other premises
inspected during the year ending Lady-day, 1900,
was 4,513, against 5,222 in the previous year.
The re-inspections numbered 10,564. The notices
and intimations served for the execution of
sanitary works were 2472. The number of houses
in a dirty and dilapidated condition which were