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The various books and records required to be kept
by the Inspectors have been regularly examined, and
shortly after my appointment took effect, the " Daily
Journals" were examined once a week, and the Inspectors
were instructed to put on record in their journals, the
time at which every inspection was made.
Inspections have frequently been made in company
with the Inspectors, and reports, in writing, have often
been required on specific matters. By these means I
have been enabled to become intimately acquainted with
the work being done by the Inspectors, and to generally
guide and control their work, which plays such a very
important part in the administration of the Public Health
Acts.
Appended to this report, will be found a return
embracing the work done by the Inspectors, during the
whole of the year 1893, and showing, under various
headings, what work has been done in each parish.
From this return it will be seen that 2,20(5
" primary" inspections and 1,729 re-inspections were
made, or a total of 3,935 in all. On the other hand,.
169 complaints in writing were received. Resulting
from these inspections, 296 legal notices were ordered to
be served by the Authority for the removal of nuisances ;
and, besides these, 436 " preliminary" notices were
served by the Inspectors, of which 267 were complied
with, without further notice.
It will be seen that 345 drains were repaired,
cleansed, trapped, etc., and 137 were ventilated. Since
June, all drains which have been re-constructed or repaired,
have had to undergo the "water-test" before
being approved. This test is the only real test of the
impermeability of a drain, and should be made