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and nearly as many yards paved and drained, showing that we
cannot expect a great reduction, if indeed any, in the number of
houses requiring repair.
There were no less than 5857 houses inspected under the
Sanitary Act, being about 700 more than in 1867, and 2317 of
these were wanting in some of the requisites necessary to make
them fit and proper places to dwell in. In many the houses
were not only in a bad state, but the paving or drainage imperfect,
so that 3433 nuisances were found by inspection out of the
total of 3923 abated. The great necessity for an annual house
to house visitation, even in a suburban district like this, is
therefore very evident.
In addition to the house inspected we examined 77 bakehouses,
96 greengrocers' yards, 13 fishmongers' yards' and poulterers',
and 165 urinals, making a total of 359. There were 75
nuisances discovered in these premises. We also inspected 95
cow sheds and 77 slaughter houses, many of them more than
once, as the owners objected to perform the work deemed
necessary by the committee and myself. There were also
several hundreds of dead animals removed from public places
and buried under the supervision of your sanitary officers.
Before concluding this part of my report I desire to express
my satisfaction at the manner in which Mr. Self, your chief
sanitary inspector, Mr. Jones, the second inspector, and Mr.
Watts, the sub-inspector, have performed their duties, and for
the prompt and active aid they have at all times given me in
carrying out the various Acts of Parliament which are now in
force, for the preservation and improvement of the public
health.
During the year there have been 32 bodies removed to the
mortuary, making a total of 109 since it was opened during the
cholera epidemic." The causes of the 32 deaths were as follows :