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This gives a gain to the parish of 712 over the number of deaths. Tho
increase being entirely in the Kensington division of the parish.
The following is the list of nuisances reported to tho Sanitary Committee,
and the remedial measures adopted in each case.
PROCEEDINGS UNDER NUISANCE REMOVAL ACT,
From March 25th, 1861, to March 25th, 1862.
Number of complaints made 298
Notices served 221
Summonses heard at Police Court 48
Magistrates' Orders made 32
Number of rooms cleansed and whitewashed 368
Staircases and passages cleansed and whitewashed 41
Drains cleansed and repaired 42
,, cleansed only 13
„ and sinks trapped 54
New pipe drains laid down under Inspector's supervision, feet 251
Privies panned, trapped, and supplied with water 21
,, cleansed only 16
„ dilapidated, abolished 2
„ new, erected 5
Cesspools emptied and abolished 5
„ emptied only 7
Houses supplied with water 15
Large accumulations of dung, stagnant water, vegetables, or other
offensive matter removed 32
Swine removed 22
New dust bins or ashpits erected 11
Yards repaved or repaired 7
Nuisances removed at the request of Inspector, by letters sent to
owners 10
New dung pits erected 3
C'ase3 in which Inspector could not interfere 5
„ in which no order was made 16
„ referred to surveyor 4
Unnecessary complaints 17