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QUESTION 11. (Also Nos. 3 and 9.)
What is the sanitary and general condition of
your parish or district now as compared with its state
previously to the Metropolis Local Management Act
coming into operation ?
ANSWER.
3, 9 and 11. Previous to the Metropolis Local Management
Act coming into operation, a very large proportion
of the houses had common privies and cesspools;
since then 4,352 cesspools have been abolished, and 4,222
water closets have been provided through the direct
action of the Vestry; and at the present time (except here
and there in the rural parts), there is scarcely a cesspool or
privy anywhere in the parish. Pump water was largely used
for drinking purposes, but that has been greatly diminished,
especially among the poorer classes, in 1,484 instances
water has been laid on for drinking purposes. It may be
added that since the act came into operation, systematic
house to house inspection has been carried on, 42,093
houses have been inspected; 3,831 houses have been
cleansed and whitewashed; 939 have been repaired, 960
yards have been paved, more than 2,913 dust bins have
been provided or repaired, 9,797 drains have been trapped,
cleansed, or amended, and more than 20,000 nuisances of
various kinds (including trade nuisances, animals filthily
kept, accumulation of offensive matter) have been dealt
with.
The slaughter-houses, bake-houses, and workshops are
periodically inspected, and latterly (within the last few