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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR
For the year ending December 31st, 1897.
Visits to ensure continued isolation of infectious patients 511
Rooms, &c., disinfected by fumigation (Improved method) 146
Lots of Bedding, Clothing, &c., disinfected by Steam 110
Public school rooms, lavatories, &c., disinfected 2
Private school rooms, dormitories, lavatories, &c., disinfected 7
Disinfectant supplied (exclusive of supplies at the office) bots. 206
Number of dwellings inspected 380
Found more or less insanitary 320
(The large proportion of insanitary dwellings is
accounted for by the fact that inspections, as a rule,
followed complaints or private information).
House drains and sanitary fittings tested (dwellings) 130
Re-tested (these do not include the water testing of reconstructed
drains) 42
House drains taken up and reconstructed 81
Ditto partially reconstructed or repaired 28
Visits to ascertain whether notices were being complied
with, and to inspect sanitary work in progress 987
Soil pipes provided with ventilation 73
Intercepting traps and air inlets fixed 69
Soil pipes taken outside house walls 18
Scullery sink waste pipes disconnected from soil drains and
made to discharge in the open air over trapped gullies 37