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Public Health Department.
The works carried out by the order of the Public Health
Committee, between the 1st January and 31st December, 1894,
in the Parish, are as follows: —
Houses Inspected 2156
Houses cleansed, whitewashed and repaired 365
Dust-bins provided and repaired 136
Yards to houses paved or amended 343
Traps provided to yards and house drains 358
Water receptacles cleansed and provided with covers 45
Drains amended and obstructions removed 175
Houses provided with new pipe drains 136
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains 189
Waste pipes of sinks ,, „ 175
Water-closets reconstructed 216
„ „ ventilation improved 56
„ ,, water supply reinstated 105
,, pans cleansed 148
,, additional provided 29
Overcrowding in rooms abated 61
Underground rooms illegally occupied as dwellings 30
Roofs of houses repaired 31
Nuisances arising from accumulations of manure
and refuse, etc. 127
Ventilation of houses improved 8
Cesspools emptied and abolished 2
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 230
Rooms fumigated 323
Lots of bedding disinfected 227
No. of articles of bedding, clothing, &c., destroyed 27
List of Streets, Courts, and other places inspected under
systematic house-to-house visitation during the year:—