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Brought over 1418
Yards paved 508
Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c. 1217
Houses in which the ventilation was improved 1232
Houses to which a better water-supply was given 319
Total number of nuisances from defects in houses 3276
Houses disinfected 297
Houses overcrowded 207
Pigs removed 63
Stable and other refuse removed 119
Filthy places cleansed 30
Other nuisances removed 401
Total number of nuisances abated 5811
Number of houses measured under the Sanitary Act 2132
„ „ inspected „ ,, „ 5168
„ lodging-house notices served 912
„ letters sent out 467
„ Preliminary notices served 5811
„ Peremptory notices served 1264
„ Statutory notices served 962
,, Persons summoned before Magistrates 74
„ Copies of Summonses and Orders made out 444
The total number of houses inspected under the Sanitary
Act was 5,168, of which, 3,309 were found to be wanting in one
or more of the requirements necessary to make a house a fit and
proper place to dwell in. I think no other comment on the
working of the Sanitary Act in this District is necessary.
During the year there have been 41 dead bodies removed
to the Mortuary. The causes of death were as follows: smallpox,
3; fever, 3; drowning, 17; newly-born, 11; accidental, 2;