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but during this time very many of the smaller houses have been
repaired and cleansed on several occasions. As many as 12,135
drains have been cleansed, repaired or relaid, and a much larger
number of inefficient or broken traps have been replaced by
yard gulley or similar traps. The record of the repairs to the
paving of yards or as to new paving was not kept separately
until 1866, so that the number stated, 5,751, does not represent
the true number. The same remark applies to dust bins, of
which 5,627 have been provided during these years, and also to
the houses to which a proper water supply apparatus for the
closets have been procured. The number stated, 5,627, must be
supplemented by the 4,719 cesspools removed, making a total
of 10,346. There have also been 7,083 houses disinfected by
the Officers of the Board, or under their superintendance, and a
total of 107,224 nuisances abated in 26¼ years.
The number of loads of dust removed during the year was
22,314, or less than one load per house, all of which was checked
on delivery at the shoots by men employed by the Board, as
well as by the men engaged in collecting the dust and house
refuse. The total cost of removing the dust, including the
salary of the dust inspector, was £2,993 13s. 3d., the amount paid
to the contractors being £2,170 13s. 2d. and as the number of loads
removed was 22,314, the cost per load would be 2s. 8d., which,
considering the great size of the District, is very moderate when
compared with other parishes. The work was also efficiently done,
as except during the time when the temporary inspector was
employed, the complaints were very few. The total number of
requests to remove house refuse amounted to 2,969 during
the year.
The cost for disinfection during the year was unusually large,
as £167 7s. were paid to the men employed, in addition to the
salary of the Inspector. The sum expended on disinfectants was
£120 9s. 9d., but this included the disinfectants used for
gullies and the sewers. Coal, coke and other charges came to
£56 12s. 5d., against which there was received £46 7s., showing