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Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1903.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to submit to you my eighth Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in my district (East Combined Division)
during the year ended 31st December, 1903.
1370 premises have been inspected, 1104 in answer to complaints
of nuisances, 114 on account of notification of infectious diseases,
the remainder being 152 house-to-house inspection.
Out of the above total number of inspections the drains of 260
premises have been tested with either smoke or chemical drain testers,
and 123 were found to be defective (not gas-tight), and in 137
instances the tests revealed no defects. 631 premises were found
to be in good condition. See tabulated list for defects, page 122.
House-to-house inspections have been carried out in the whole
of the following streets, viz.:—
Melbourne Buildings. Tetlev Street.
Sydney Buildings. Wright's Place.
And sections of the following streets: —
Abbotts Road. East India Dock Road.
Ashton Street. Grundy Street.
Athol Street. High Street.
Brunswick Street. Lindale Street.
Coldharbour. Manager Street.
Cotton Street. Orchard Place.
Creekside. Osborne Place.
Dee Street. New Road.
Duke Street. St. Leonard's Road.
Dunkeld Street. West Street.