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A large amount of general work Las been carried on by
the Sanitary Department during the year, and much fewer
notices have had to be served, as in many instances property
owners have adopted the suggestions of myself and the Sanitary
Inspector without any trouble.
Perhaps the greatest improvement in the Parish has
come upon us in a very unexpected way—one that no local body
could have enforced. About three months ago orders were
issued by the Ground Landlords of the Marsh District
(Roupell's) that all the property should be put in order to the
satisfaction of their Surveyor. Since then roofs have been
repaired, brickwork pointed, floors and window sashes improved,
and a general overhaul of all premises.
The Water Company has also exercised a greater watchfulness
over their department, with a most satisfactory result?
particularly in doing its utmost to ensure better fittings in
houses.
The chief difficulty affecting this is that the walls of the
houses and closets are not sufficiently well built to stand the
weight of a better apparatus, and the closets are all so low that
there is not sufficient distance for a good fall to take place, and
a really sufficient flush to occur.
Bakehouses.
Twice during the year (March and September) I have
inspected them all, and have been able to report them as
"satisfactory." The Inspector drops in from time to time, and
we are thus assured that they are kept as well as one could
expect.