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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
out here is practically effective. In only one house did
infectious disease recur after disinfection, but in that case
I had good ground for arriving at the conclusion that the
disease was brought back by the patient after his return
from hospital. I made a special report of this case to the
1'utney Local Committee, who drew the attention of The
Asylums Board to it.
Sanitary
Work.
A Table of the sanitary operations will be
found as usual in the combined report for the
district. The house-to-house inspection has been continued
as vigorously as possible. On account of the time
of the Sanitary Inspector having been more occupied in
connection with the various epidemics, only 2,896 houses
were inspected, compared with 3,432 during the previous
year. 574 preliminary and 29 statutory notices were served
to remedy nuisances. 144 rooms were disinfected after
infectious diseases, and in only one house did infectious
disease recur after disinfection, overcrowding was abated
in eight cases, and 132 rooms were cleansed and repaired.
95 defective drains were relaid, and 250 water-closets were
cleansed and repaired.
The unclassified nuisances which were abated were
as follows:—
8 Defective soil-pipes, joints re-caulked.
6 Defective ventilating pipes, joints re-caulked.
17 Stoneware gully traps fixed to drain in lieu of iron bell
traps.
14 Rain-water pipes repaired to prevent soakage of walls.
2 Privies abolished and modern form of w.c. apparatus
fixed in lieu of same.
6 Animals kept so as to be a nuisance.
2 Rotten floors repaired.
9 Separate supply of water for drinking purposes
vided.
10 Foul manure pits abolished and wire cage manure receptacle
provided.