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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1900.
Inspections 8617
Re-inspections 69264
Infectious Houses visited 1992
Complaints entered in complaint book 6988
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 2209
a. Cases under treatment at home 857
b. Cases removed to Hospital 1369
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 1702
Houses disinfected 2296
Rooms disinfected 2809
Bedding, etc., disinfected 27528
Bedding, etc., destroyed *1783
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections of 945
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8270
Sanitary Works completed 6226
Plans of Drainage received and approved 424
New Buildings, the drains of which have been completed 311
Premises, the drains of which have been totally or partly
reconstructed 784
Articles procured for the Analyst— 652
(a.) Food and Drugs 604
(b.) Water 48
Summonses and Orders issued 121
New Workshops inspected and registered 19
Special Smoke Observations and enquiries 711
Cowhouses inspected 22
Slaughter-houses inspected 41
Notices served—
Sanitary Work (Preliminary and Statutory) 8073
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891) 1992
Housing of Working Classes Act 23
Special Smoke Notices 105
Sanitary Nuisances abated 12954
(a.) Structural 10291
(b.) Non-structural 2303
Persons received in Shelter at Wharf 3
at Wanless Road 1
Convictions obtained —
Public Health Act †56
Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts 52
*Including 1236 articles of clothing from the Freemen's Orphanage
Schools.
†62 Summonses were issued, and of these 4 were dismissed, 1 withdrawn,
and 1 adjourned sine die, for the following reasons:—tenant liable,
Vestry liable, food not deposited for sale, financial state of defendant,
Summons to be amended, household dust no longer to be burnt in
Destructor.