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Disinfection.—Theepidemic of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
has occasioned a heavy demand upon the disinfecting apparatus.
No less than 10,618 articles having been submitted to disinfection,
particulars of which will be found in Table III.
The number of houses disinfected after infectious diseases
was 602 or nearly 2 per day if we except Sundays.
Complaints of Sewer emanations notwithstanding the dry
summer have been somewhat less numerous than usual, and
have all received the careful attention of the Sanitary Committee
and Staff; additional ventilators have been provided in
the streets, together with flushing tanks, reflux flaps, syphons,
and special ventilating pipes at certain points, with beneficial
effects.
Local Wells.—The London County Council having
requested to be furnished with a list of local wells, it was
ascertained that four wells were still used for domestic
purposes. Of these four wells, the waters of two were found,
on the analysis of Professor Stokes, to be so polluted as to be
unsafe for domestic use.
Unsound Food.—Great care and attention was paid during
the year to the question of unwholesome food, and the
Inspectors were directed to occasionally visit the street
markets after office hours, such as late on Saturday night, in
order to prevent the sale of stale or unwholesome food.
Bye-Laics.—Under the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, sets of bye-laws have been made
respectively by the Vestry and by the London County
Council. Those by your Yestry are for the prevention of
nuisances caused by matter in any street, such as snow, ashes