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Brought up 868
Yards paved 461
Houses repaired, white-washed, &c. 1321
Houses in which the ventilation was improved 131
Houses to which a better water-supply was given 99
Total number of nuisances from defects in houses 2012
Houses disinfected 318
Houses overcrowded 97
Pigs removed 68
Stable and other refuse removed 67
Filthy places cleansed 29
Other nuisances removed 464
Total number of nuisances abated 3923
Number of houses measured under the Sanitary Act . 168
„ „ inspected „ ,, „ 5857
„ lodging-house notices served 1651
„ letters sent out 514
„ Preliminary notices served 3492
„ Peremptory notices served 1623
„ Statutory notices served 688
„ Persons summoned before Magistrates . 98
„ Copies of Summonses and Orders made out 588
„ Notices served under the Artizans'Dwelling Act 80
„ Workshop Regulation
Act 202
„ Accumulations of dust and refuse removed . 1529
The greatest reduction in the number under any one heading
has been under that of improved ventilation, for in 1867 no less
than 1238 houses against 131 in 1868 were thus improved.
There were more houses whitewashed and repaired in 1868,