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numbered 151, and in the year 1894 the figures were 71. On
referring to Table 9 the comparison of these two years can be seen
at a glance.
The fee paid to the Medical Practitioners for certifying to these
cases amounted to £6 19s. 6d., which sum is repaid to the Vestry
by the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The
provision of telephonic communication at the Town Hall directly
with the offices of the Metropolitan Asylums Board has greatly
facilitated the prompt removal of infectious cases.
Disinfection after Infectious Disease.
During the year 40 disinfections were carried out. These, as for
several years past, were performed by Mr. W. G. Lacy, who has
extensive disinfecting premises at St. John's Wharf, Town Mead
Road, Fulham. The disinfections were all carried out with the
utmost dispatch and care.
The House to House Inspection.
The works ordered in conformity with this inspection are in a
great many cases still unfinished. There have been many unforeseen
circumstances preventing their completion, legal difficulties and the
new system of sewerage in the Adelphi area, which has given your
Surveyor a great amount of anxiety and trouble, but I am glad to
say the works are beginning to near the end. I must remind you
that the owners of all the houses abutting on these new sewers will
have to make connections of their drains with this new system of
sewerage. This of course entails a large amount of supervision on
the part of your officers.
For the last twelve months we have had only one Sanitary
Inspector, instead of three, to carry on this work; his time, it is
needless to say, is fully occupied in performing his duties. Then,
again, a large number of new houses are springing up in the Parish,
and in which the sanitary arrangements are required to meet the
Bye-Laws of the London County Council, also the Regulations for
House Drainage drawn up by your Surveyor. In houses in course
of erection, these bye-laws and regulations should be rigidly