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Sanitary Inspectors' Report.
To Dr. Yarrow,
Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
We beg to present the following report of our work in
the Public Health Department during the year ending December
31st, 1898 :—
Premises inspected 2624
Re-inspections made for following-up work 8865
Houses cleansed and repaired 721
Dustbins provided and repaired 262
Yards and areas to houses paved and amended 821
Traps provided to yard and house drains 284
Water receptacles cleansed and provided with covers 150
Water supply re-instated 18
Drains amended and obstructions removed 383
Premises provided with new pipe drains 271
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drains 95
Waste pipes to sinks disconnected from drains 90
Water-closets re-constructed 165
,, water supply re-instated207
,, soilpipes re-instated and ventilated 102
,, pans cleansed 178
Overcrowding in rooms abated 118
Use of underground rooms illegally occupied discontinued 19
Roofs, guttering and rain-water pipes repaired 240
Nuisances arising from accumulations of manure and
refuse abated 60
Dungpits abolished and proper receptacles provided 6
Damp walls remedied 23
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance abated 21
Cesspools abolished 5
Cisterns abolished and water provided direct from main 20
Miscellaneous nuisances 111
Rooms fumigated 442
Sets of bedding and clothing, &c., disinfected 402
Dust accumulations reported to Scavenging Department 131
In all cases in which infectious diseases have been notified
the premises have been promptly inspected, and any defective
sanitary arrangements have been put in order.