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sanitary operations, As usual the detailed summary of Sanitary
operations performed during the year will
be found upon reference to Table XVI. in the combined
report. The number of inspections made by the staff
during the year was, 2,438, and as the result of such
inspections it was found necessary to serve 1,485 notices
to remedy Sanitary defects. As I have frequently mentioned
in previous reports, a very large portion of the
inspectors' time is occupied in the supervision of drainage
work, in respect of which 13,496 visits were made, and
the test applied in 4,550 instances. Realising how
seriously this important work has interfered of late in
that most essential of Sanitary operations namely, houseto-house
inspection, a Sanitary Inspector was appointed
to devote his time solely to this work, and in order to
show the results of twelve months experience under this
arrangement, a few figures relative to the performance
during the year ended, March, 1901, will be of interest
and value. From house-to-house, 2,030 premises were
inspected; and, in consequence of defects discovered
therein, 1,832 preliminary notices were served, the following
being some of the more numerous and important
defects thereby remedied:— 1,045 rooms were cleansed
and repaired, 456 water-closet pans were renewed; 293
cisterns were cleansed, covered, or repaired and a similar
number of dustbins provided; 217 water-closets were
cleansed or repaired; 207 rain water-pipes were disconnected
from drains; 187 new soil and ventilating
pipes were fixed; and, in addition to many other
sanitary improvements effected, 84 cisterns under bedroom
floors were abolished. This record most clearly
and amply justifies the appointment of the additional
officer.
The operations performed by the other inspectors
will, as already referred to, be found set out elsewhere