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been provided, I trust there will be no difficulty in making an
arrangement to secure the use of the Vestry Hall as a Coroner's
Court. The large room has been re-arranged for the convenience
of the Divisional Magistrates, who meet in it periodically; and
the alterations have been made so judiciously that the room is
perfectly adapted, and is really admirably suited in all respects,
not forgetting the essential one of position, for the purpose
indicated.
DISINFECTION.
During the year ended March 25th, 1882, a large number of
infected articles of bedding, clothing, furniture, &c., were satisfactorily
disinfected by the contractor, at the cost of your Vestry,
the owners being too poor to bear the expense. The weight of
the articles was about 22 tons: their number, 8,960; and the cost
of the process, £264 15s. 1d..
Four hundred and twenty-two rooms in 395 houses were disinfected
with sulphurous acid by your Vestry's Officer. No charge
was made in the great majority of instances; a small fee, however,
to cover the cost of the process, should have been charged to those
in a position to pay. Many rooms in addition were disinfected by
the contractor, as well as numerous parcels of clothing, bedding,
&c., at the cost of private individuals.
WATER SUPPLY.
Professor Frankland's Report.—Believing it desirable that
your Vestry, as the body responsible in this great Parish for carrying
into effect the provisions of sanitary legislation, should receive,
year by year, the best and latest available information on all points
connected with the water supply, a very important question in
relation to the public health, it has been my custom to summarise
the report prepared annually by Professor Frankland, for
the Registrar-General. I do so again this year. I also submit
a summary of the information supplied in the reports of Colonel
Bolton, R.E., the "Water Examiner," under the "Water Act,
1871." Dr. Frankland deals mainly with the quality of the water
in its chemical and microscopical aspects, and in respect to its
fitness for dietetic and domestic purposes; he being, as is well