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Pope's Head Court, were all closed and demolished. At No. 17, Quaker Street, the
front and back walls were pulled down and rebuilt. At 31, Quaker Street, an additional
water-closet was provided.
In New Square the whole of the drainage system has been reconstructed, and
the ventilation of the houses has been improved by removing the boarding from
the back windows of the upper rooms. Most of the houses have been cleansed and
repaired, and ventilation below tho ground floors provided. Many other minor improvements
were carried out. Under the circumstances the Borough Council decided
not to proceed with the scheme.
General Sanitary Work.
The Sanitary Inspectors' Report Table will give some idea of the amount of
work carried out by them during the year.
It was an exceptionally heavy year for the inspectors, as in addition to their
ordinary work, a great deal of extra work devolved on their shoulders through the
Small-pox epidemic.
28,690 houses were inspected during the year, 10,639 being the result of houseto-house
inspections.
15,691 notices for the abatement of various nuisances were served, besides other
communications to the owners and others, asking them to proceed with the work.
Proceedings were taken at the Police Courts in 224 instances.
3,584 houses and 522 workshops were cleansed, as the result of notices served
on the owners.
6,768 drains were tested, and 3,931 were either constructed or re-constructed,
cleansed or trapped.
574 new soil-pipes were fixed.
6,507 water-closets were either renewed, cleansed or repaired.
1,368 dust receptacles and 46 manure receptacles were provided, as the result of
notices served on the owners.
769 offensive accumulations were removed.
125 smoke nuisances were abated, and in eight cases Police Court proceedings
had to be taken against the persons causing the nuisance.