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SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.
On the 3rd day of April, l856, the Medical Officer of Health
made his First Report to the General Purposes Committee. By
the 27th day of March, 1857, there had been brought under the
consideration of the Committee, by the Medical Officer and
two Inspectors, 1629 cases of nuisance.
With regard to the nature of the above-mentioned nuisances,
846 cases referred to the unwholesome condition of
1964 dwelling-houses, forming nearly one-tenth part of the
total number of inhabited houses that existed in the Parish at
the period of the last census in 1851.
In all these cases improvements to a greater or less extent
have been effected. These improvements have related principally
to the state of the Drainage, to the Water supply, to the
condition of cleanliness, dryness, and repair, and to the means
for enclosing domestic refuse.
There have been 22 cases of nuisance, arising from offensive
trades. The investigation of these cases, and the frequent
supervision of the premises to which they refer, have occupied
much of the time of the Medical Officer. The remaining 761
miscellaneous cases pertain to a variety of subjects; such, for
instance, as offensive ditches and drains, foul urinals, piggeries,
cow-sheds and slaughter-houses, accumulations of filth and
refuse.
The following Tabular Statement shows the operations of
the Vestry, with reference to Nuisances, &c.—