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SANITARY WORK, 1896.
SANITARY WORK 1896.
At page 30 will be found a summary of the details
of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors.
The complaints of insanitary condition were a little
over the average, viz., 1,658 as compared with 1,633 in
1895.
No less than 13,387 inspections of all kinds were made.
If the year is taken at 300 working days this is an average
of about forty-live inspections a day.
A large number of letters, or intimations, asking for the
abatement of nuisances, were sent out together with 310
vestry notices. In a very few instances was it necessary to
enforce the law by legal process.
The Sanitary Inspectors have attended to their duties
with punctuality, and have done their work in a most
efficient manner.
Combined Drainage.
The subject of Combined Drainage still occupies the
attention of local authorities. Without a doubt the present
state of things is unsatisfactory, and the whole legislation
with regard to drainage, requires amendment. A builder
who puts in a drain, whether combined or otherwise, should
be obliged, under stringent penalties, to deposit a correct
plan for the sanction of the authority, and to carry out
the proposed drains in accordance with the plan when
sanctioned. Existing Combined Drains, which have not
been sanctioned as such, should be considered drains or
sewers, according to the merits of the particular case. The
Sanitary Officers of this Parish have, at all events within
the last few years, exercised a strict supervision of all works
which have been discovered in progress. In a few cases
Combined Drainage has been sanctioned by the Vestry, and
a complete list of such cases, from 1891 up to the present
time, is appended :—