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defective water apparatus requiring repair, as there were 745
houses against 861 in 1885 in which these defects were
remedied. The plan of having a length of pipe with a drawoff
tap attached to the supply-pipe, in cases where the supply
of water for household purposes was obtained from the same
cistern as that supplying the closet, has been carried out in 249
houses, chiefly in those not occupied by the poor, so that a
possible source of illness has been thus removed in many
instances. These altogether make 7,410 nuisances abated in
houses, or in the yards and water-closets adjoining houses. The
number of houses, or rooms in houses, disinfected during the
year was 425, against 608 in 1885; of overcrowding abated, 8 ;
of pigs removed, 19 ; of accumulations of manure removed, 81;
of dust and refuse removed, on special application or on complaint,
1,306; of filthy places cleansed, such as urinals, 73;
and of other nuisances abated, not included in the above
list, 1,031.
The number of houses inspected without complaint, under
the Sanitary Act, including the Regulations, was 4,799 ; and of
houses and other premises, visited on complaint, 1,203 ; which,
with 425 houses visited in consequence of an outbreak of
infectious disease, and 350 houses measured under the Regulations,
make up a total of 6,777 premises visited during the
year. In addition to these a large number of houses in the
poorest streets were visited to enforce the periodical removal of
dust, and 1,306 requests for removal of dust attended to. There
were also 88 cow-sheds inspected (many on several occasions),
43 slaughter-houses ; 139 greengrocers', 74 fishmongers' and
poulterers' yards visited; as well as 126 bakehouses, making
altogether a very large total. As to the bakehouses, I am glad
to say that nearly all were in a fair condition, and the nuisances
found were of a comparatively slight character, none being in so
bad a state as many were when their oversight was transferred to
the Sanitary Authorities of the Metropolis from the Inspectors
of Factories, who for some time had them under their