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December 31st, 1893.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to lay before you a Summary of the Sanitary work carried
out in No. 2 District during the quarter ending March 31st, 1893.
Total number ot inspections made 505, which were as follows:—
Fair condition 66
House-to-house—
Coventry Cross Cottages
Violet Road }30
Dunkeld Street
On complaints of nuisances 305
On account of 270 cases of Infectious Disease
notified 170
Of 170, 49 were found to be in good sanitary
condition.
I have to further inform you 550 Intimations and Statutory
Notices were served, and in 12 cases it was found necessary to have
recourse to legal proceedings, necessitating 6 attendances at the
Thames Police Court to ensure their enforcement.
Walls and ceilings of houses cleansed{throughout 10
partially 66
Walls and ceilings of washhouses and closets cleansed 35
Houses, ventilated under ground floors 18
Houses, means of ventilation improved 4
Drains reconstructed where old and defective, inlets effectually
trapped 100
Drains freed from obstruction 40
Soil pans cleansed, reinstated where defective or unsuitable, and
drains in connection with same trapped 45
Soil pans water supplies provided or reinstated 25
Water supplies reinstated where cut off through defective pipes,
fittings or other causes 33