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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1897.
Inspections 8302
Re-Inspections 52813
Infectious Houses visited 2374
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 2663
a. Cases under treatment at home 1179
b. Cases removed to hospital 1284
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 87
Houses disinfected 2184
Rooms disinfected 2551
Bedding, etc., disinfected 2343
Bedding, etc., destroyed 39
Dust Yards, Manure Depots, and Brickfields, inspections of 307
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8274
Sanitary Works completed 6141
Plans of Drainage received and approved 507
New Buildings the drains of which have been completed 58
Premises the drains of which have been totally or partly
reconstructed 549
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a.) Food and Drugs 546
(b.) Water 48
Summonses and Orders issued 98
Workshops inspected and registered 320
Special Smoke observations and enquiries 59
Cowhouses inspected and registered 44
Slaughterhouses inspected and registered 45
Notices served—
Sanitary Work (Preliminary and Statutory) 8714
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891) 2374
Housing of Working Classes Act 33
Sanitary nuisances abated 10942
(a.) Structural 9058
(a.) Non-structural 1884
Families received in Shelter at Wharf 3
*Convictions obtained—
Public Health Act 51
Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts 21
* Under the Public Health (London) Act 10 summonses were withdrawn
and 2 not served owing to owner having gone away; whilst under the
Metropolis Local Management Act, a summons was dismissed with costs
against the Vestry.