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Old drains abolished 94
Houses and premises connected with sewers 125
Foul drains cleansed 103
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed 18
Traps provided for drains, closets, &c. 530
Houses cleansed and purified 108
Dust bins provided 72
Premises from which Pigs were removed 12
Houses visited where disease has occurred,
and notices left, re " Contagious Diseases " 348
Yards belonging to houses, re-paved, &c. 62
Dung pits removed 4
The numerous Cow houses, Slaughter houses and
Bakehouses in the Hamlet have been periodically visited,
under the directions of the Sanitary Committee,
and, in all of them, the observance of such precautions
as are necessary for the public health has been enforced.
At the Licensing Court, held in October last, the
occupiers of 42 slaughter houses and 36 cow houses
received lincenses from the Justices, and, in every case,
the decision was in accordance with the views of the
Sanitary Committee, based on a survey of the premises
or the reports of the Officers of Health.
The accounts for the year ending 25th March, 1870,
were, at the appointed time, submitted to the Auditors,
and duly vouched and allowed, and an abstract of them
is appended to this Report.
In the course of the year the White Horse Lane
Improvement, which had been unavoidably delayed,
was completed, and the thoroughfare, as widened at the
north end, where it runs out of the Mile End Road,
opened to the public. This improvement was effected
by the removal of several houses, which were purchased
by the Vestry, and would have been sooner acquired,