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At 2,137 houses, interiors were cleansed, or defective
roofs repaired, compared with 2,026, 1,957, and 2,064, in
the three preceding years. 600 houses with damp walls
were remedied, compared with 368, 450, and 523, in the
three preceding years.
Improved ventilation was provided in 94 houses, compared
with 187, 120, and 101, in the .three preceding years.
516 new dust-pails were supplied, compared with 612,
681, and 585, in the three preceding years.
22. Medical Officer's Inspections. These amounted to
a total of 605. Special inspections were made at the cowsheds,
milksliops, bakehouses, workshops, many of the houses
registered under the By-laws, and other tenement-houses
The other inspections were chiefly on account of Tuberculosis,
Diphtheria, and Scarlet Fever. 18 visits were made by
request of the medical attendants for the purpose of diagnosing
doubtful cases of infectious disease. Twelve of these
were suspected cases of Scarlet Fever, two supposed cases
of Small-pox, one Enteric Fever, two Diphtheria, and one
Cerebro-Spinal Fever. Many other visits re infectious disease
were made at the request of school teachers and others.
Special house-to-house inspections were made of Globe Lane,
Market Hill, Prospect Cottages, Cordwainers' School,
Down's Place, Ogilby Street, Orchard Place, New Street,
and Horn Park sheds.
23. Overcrowding. 97 cases of overcrowding were found
and remedied, compared with 72, 97, and 78, in the three
preceding years, or 1.3 per cent. of house-to-house inspections.