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SPECIAL ITEMS.
February 1st — St. John's Nursing Home. Maternity case. 2 Sheets,
1 Blanket, 62 odds. Disinfected.
April 11th — Childers Street. Cancer. 1 Bed, 4 Pillows, 1 Bolster,
1 Mattress. Disinfected.
April 29th — Abinger Road. Cancer. 1 Bed, 1 Counterpane. Disinfected.
June 14th — Breakspears Road. Consumption. 3 Pillows, 1 Mattress,
1 Bolster, 2 Sheets, 7 Blankets, 18 odds. Disinfected.
September 16th — Batavia Road. Murder. 2 Beds, 1 Mattress, 2 Palliasses,
3 Sheets, 2 Blankets, 18 odds. Destroyed.
September 29th — Senegal Road. Consumption. 1 Bed, 3 Palliasses,
1 Bolster. Disinfected.
October 17th — Shardeloes Road. Consumption. 1 Bed, 2 Palliasses,
1 Bolster, 1 Mattress, 3 Sheets, 3 Blankets, 25 odds.
Disinfected.
N.B. — All the above articles are included in the total of the
Annual Report.
During the hot weather all the courts and alleys were kept
constantly flushed with disinfectants by the Surveyor's staff.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
The Public Health Committee have had under consideration
the site for a Mortuary and Coroner's Court, which they have
reason to believe will be acquired during the year 1903, and
plans have been submitted by the Surveyor which will be
presented to the Council in due course. The number of bodies
taken into the existing mortuary during the year was 82.
HOUSE PROPERTY INSPECTIONS, &c.
A summary of the Sanitary work done during the year will
be found on Table No. 9.
The total number of premises inspected was 3,510, whilst
re-inspections, calls, service of notices, &c, amounted to 15,022.
The number of preliminary notices or "Intimations" served
during the year was 1,369, whilst the number of Statutory
Notices served was but 192, and in only 7 cases was it
necessary to take legal proceedings to enforce these orders.
Overcrowding was abated in 19 cases, without having to
take any legal proceedings.
Smoke Nuisances. Observations were kept on the
different factories in the borough, and 159 cases reported to
the Public Health Committee, and notices were served to abate
the nuisance in several cases.