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beyond all doubt to be a communicable disease from man to
man, and also by taking infected food, as meat and milk. All
meat, therefore, should be well cooked, and milk boiled before
using : this latter being most important, especially where infants
and invalids are fed almost entirely on milk diet.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The Sanitary work done in the district during the past year
has been of a very satisfactory character. From the returns
furnished by the Sanitary Inspectors it will be seen that, the number
of complaints received was 346, whereas the number of complaints
for the two previous years was 520 and 903 respectively, thus showing
the permanent good results of the work done during the past
few years. The number of premises inspected was 3,529, that of
re-inspections, calls, service of notices, &c, 17,846.
One house was closed (voluntarily) as unfit for habitation,
and 7 underground rooms were abolished as dwelling rooms, and
notices to abate overcrowding were served in 54 cases. The
Disinfector had 677 rooms to disinfect; full details will be found
in Table No. 10.
The temporary shelter or house accommodation which was
provided according to the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, for
members of any family who were compelled to leave their dwellings
for the purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by
the Sanitary Authority, was not required for use during the year,
nor the year previous.
The Inspectors, acting under instructions, made frequent
examinations of articles of food submitted for sale, and in consequence
of these inspections a quantity of articles were voluntarily