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401 water closets have been furnished with pan and trap;
To 494 closets water has been supplied;
To 23 houses water has been supplied;
212 new drains have been made;
336 drains have been repaired;
806 traps have been put to drains;
345 yards have been paved;
13 houses have had their ventilation improved;
158 new dust bins have been made;
182 dust bins have been furnished with lids;
61 pigs have been removed;
37 manure heaps have been removed;
28 cowsheds have been cleansed and improved; and
4 new water closets have been constructed where they were
much required.
The number of persons who have been called on to make these
improvements was 580. The estimated cost to these individuals is
about £4000; so that the expense of sanitary improvements has
fallen much more heavily on private persons than on the Vestry.
There can be no doubt, however, that their property has been raised
in value by much more than that amount.
The above abstract does not include the work done more immediately
under the inspection of the Assistant Surveyors. A very
large amount of house drainage, especially in the Gray's Inn District,
has been done under their supervision. Nor does it give any adequate
idea of the total amount of sanitary work accomplished, for in consequence
of the constant inspection, very many places have been
greatly improved without any formal notice having been issued by
the authorities; and much good has been effected by rendering people
more alive to the value of such works.
The Inspector was not appointed until the 30th May, so that
the time occupied by the works has been only 10 months. In such
an immense parish a very great deal of time is spent in merely passing
from one place to another. During a great portion of the year the
Inspector, Mr. Newman, has attended to all the complaints of nuisances,
but recently it has been arranged that the Assistant Surveyors shall
attend to such as appear to indicate that structural works will be
required to remove them.
Another portion of the Inspector's time is occupied at police
courts, of which there are four to be attended, situated at a distance
from each other. During the year between 6O and 70 summonses
have been issued.