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as can reasonably be expected. I think there can be no two
opinions that your Committee took a very practical step when they
passed the resolution referred to, although at that time many
members of the Vestry thought that it was a somewhat large order
to test the drains of every house visited. Upwards of a year's
application has, however, shown that the measure was fully
justified, and that the bad results then prognosticated have not
yet happened.
TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS AND CASES
IN HAND.
The total number of inspections made in the five districts during
the year is as follows :—920 cases of infectious disease, 1,719 complaints,
2,371 house to house inspections, 366 inspections of trade
premises, and 18,561 re-inspections of old cases in connection with
necessary repairs and the like, which makes the total number of
these inspections 23,937. The nuisances abated amounted to 3,334.
The cases under notice at the end of the year amounted to 725.
As a result of these visits, the following improvements were
effected : —
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS, 1900.
Number of Premises, &c., cleansed, repaired and whitew ashed 1968
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease 790
Number of Workshops cleansed, repaired, &c 174
House Drains—
Repaired, amended and made good 181
New provided by the Owners 761
Cleared 253
Trapped and Ventilated 212
Rain-water pipes and waste pipes disconnected 117
Sink and bath waste pipes trapped 97
Water Closets-
Repaired, cleansed, &c 926
Re-fitted with new pans and traps 613
Supplied with water and water supply apparatus 485
Ventilated 35
Rebuilt 6
New provided 19
Partitions provided round W.C's. to separate same from Workshops 3
Water Supply-
Houses provided with water supply 90
House supply disconnected from closet cistern 22
Cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, &c. 65