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Sanitary inspector's Report for tHe pear ending, 1899.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Visits to ensure isolation 376
Rooms, &c., disinfected by fumigation 120
Ditto Wards of the Cottage Hospital 4
Beds, Bedding, &c., disinfected by Steam (lots) 108
Disinfectants distributed in infectious cases go gallons
Ditto Carbolized Oil in Scarlet Fever cases about 5 gallons
INSPECTION OF DWELLINGS.
Dwellings inspected on complaint 217
Found more or less insanitary 184
House drains tested 106
Ditto do. re-tested 66
HOUSE INSPECTIONS.
Working Class Dwellings 236
More or less Insanitary 115
House drains taken up and re-constructed 54.
Ditto partially re-constructed 70
Visits to ascertain whether Notices were being complied with,
also to inspect work in progress 700
CONSTRUCTIVE SANITARY WORK.
Soil pipes provided with ventilation 33
Intercepting traps with air inlets fixed 11
Inspection chambers provided 40
Soil pipes taken outside house walls 6
Scullery sink waste pipes disconnected from soil drain 26
Bell and lip traps replaced by proper trapped gullies (dwellings) 15
Rain water down pipes discontinued from soil drains (dwellings) 18
Insanitary closets replaced by sanitary apparatus 62
Waste preventors provided or made good 25
Defective roofs made watertight 18
New cisterns provided 3
Defective guttering replaced or made good (dwellings) 9
Walls, ceilings, &c., cleansed or repaired (dwellings) 6
Yards, paved 15