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To the Medical Officer of Health.
December 31st, 1902.
Sir,—
I beg to submit to you my seventh Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (East Combined Division)
during the year ending 31st December, 1902.
1401 premises have been inspected, 837 in answer to complaints
of nuisances, 373 on account of notifications of infectious diseases,
the remainder being 191 house-to-house inspections.
Out of the above total number of inspections the drains of 266
premises have been tested, with either smoke or chemical drain tester
and 192 were found to be defective (not gas-tight), and in 74 instances
the tests revealed no defects, 681 premises were found to be in
good condition.
House-to-house inspections have been carried out in the whole of
the following streets:—
Benledi Street.
Norfolk Street.
The Retreat, St. Leonard's Road.
Stevens' Acre, Naval Row.
Providence Placc
Dickerson Court.
Union Street. Condemned as an
Union Placc. insanitary area.
Wright's Place.
Union Court.
And sections of the following streets:—
Abbott Road Dee Street.
Blair Street. Ettrick Street.
Brunswick Street. East India Dock Road.
Creekside, Orchard Place. Follett Street.