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The number of complaints (not including dust complaints)
was nearly double the number in 1876, and the
amount of work done under almost every head greater in
proportion ; a much larger number of houses were inspected
after cases of infectious disease, and were disinfected; and,
as the table shows, a very large number of articles were
disinfected at the hot-air chamber belonging to the Parish.
No less than 98 notices were served, but it was not
necessary to take out a single summons for non-compliance
with the notice; a sufficient proof that what the Sanitary
Officers required to be done was considered reasonable by
the owners or occupiers of the property requiring improvement.
The Markets have been regularly inspected, and a
considerable number of articles seized and destroyed as
unfit for food.
The slaughter-houses, cow-sheds, and bake-houses of
the Parish are regularly inspected and kept in a cleanly
state.
No license was opposed by the Vestry at the annual
licensing of slaughter-houses and cow-sheds, but in two of
the cow-sheds I insisted that a water supply should be laid
on instead of the supply from a well by means of a pump,
and now there is no cow-shed in the Parish supplied either
from a well or from an underground tank.
A man was found to be keeping cows without a license,
so he was prosecuted, and a conviction obtained, with a fine
of 40 shillings, and 12s. 6d. costs.
The Public Urinals have been regularly painted with
crude carbolic acid, with the best results.
I thought it advisable to draw the attention of the
authorities of the London School Board to the desirability