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Receiver of Police and not to the Vestry, and the Under-Secretary
of State referred to the decision in the cases of Wray v. Ellis,
Ellis and Ellis, 276.
As the number of cases of infectious diseases has been
smaller than for some time past, the disinfecting chamber has
not been so much used as in former years. The bedding, clothes,
&c., were removed from 21 houses only, and the total number of
articles disinfected was 243. The cost of performing the work
was £15 Is. 4d., there was, however, a sum of £4 paid for repairs,
making the total cost for the year £19 1s. 4d. The total
number of houses disinfected was 69.
As previously stated, I attended the View Committee in
their inspections on 11 days of the cowsheds and slaughterhouses,
and on 2 days at the Sessions House, Great Prescott Street.
The number of days occupied in viewing was much greater than
usual this year, in consequence of several of the persons neglecting
to comply with the orders of the Committee, so that a second and
in some instances a third visit was requisite, besides those paid
by the officers. There were no less than 8 persons opposed, 6 at
the first Special Sessions and 2 at the second, these latter were
new applications. The Justices ordered in the first instance all
the applications to stand over to the adjourned day, and finally
refused two. There were 89 cowsheds and 82 slaughterhouses to
which licenses were granted. The paving was indifferent in a
rather large number, and decidedly bad in three, whilst no less
than 99 required to be lime-whited and cleansed, but the whole
of the necessary works were carried out before the licenses were
granted. The applications were opposed in two cases where there
was not any water supply except that from a well, which the
Committee, as well as myself, considered most undesirable, as
there cannot be any certainty as to the wholesomeness of pump
water in this district, especially when, as these were, the wells
have been made in crowded localities.
A careful inspection of the bakehouses was made, when a