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temperature of the air was 50.4°, and in 1873 the deaths from diarrhoea
were 3.79 per 1000, and the mean temperature of the air 60°3.
Sanitary Works Performed during the Quarter.
The following return shows the amount of work done by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the Quarter ending October 2nd, 1875:—
Number of inspections of houses as shown in the official returns 1918
IIouses specially visited 150
Ditto specially re-visited 475
Preliminary notices served, such notices embracing 181 premises 141
Compulsory orders issued, embracing 57 premises 31
Summonses heard at Police Courts under Sanitary Act 0
Cases of overcrowding and indeccnt occupation discovered and abated 2
Houses in which the rooms or passages have been whitewashed 220
Rooms disinfected with sulphurous-acid gas, after the occurrence of
fever and scarlet-fever therein 5
Articles disinfected, consisting of beds, bedding, clothing, &c 18
Yards of houses paved or the pavement repaired 161
Drains in houses improved 109
Cesspools abolished 1
Dust-bins provided 7
Privies lime-washed, cleansed and repaired 158
Water supply provided or improved 20
Nuisances from dung and other offensive matter removed 10
Area gratiDgs, cellar flaps, &c., repaired 7
Cellars used as dwellings discontinued for such use 1
The cow-houses in the District, 26, and tho slaughter-houses 32, and
the bake-houses 74 in number, have been visited during the quarter.
Slaughter-Houses.
Out of tho 32 slaughter-houses in the District, four of the occupiers
did not apply for a renewal of their licenses; 15 were opposed by the
Metropolitan Board of Works; of these, 14 were refused, and 1 was
adjourned, to afford an opportunity to the proprietor to carry out the
necessary improvements which the regulations of the Metropolitan Board
of Works required. The number of slaughter-houses in this District is now
reduced to 14.
In my last Quarterly Report I published, for the convenience of the
members of your Board, a copy of the bye-laws for regulating the conduct of
the business of a Slaughterer of Cattle, which were prepared by the Metropolitan
Board of Works, and sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. These bye-laws have now the force of an Act of Parliament.