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52 summonses taken out, including those for adulterated food,
and in all cases they were successful.
The total number of houses inspected under the Sanitary Act
and Nuisances Removal Act was 6,179, and of premises visited
in consequence of complaints 1,663, and all the objectionable
arrangements that Could be remedied were abated. There were
many complaints, especially from the Sanitary Aid Society,
which were either not nuisances under the Acts, or were so slight
that notices for their removal could not be served, and consequently
no return of these visits has been made in the
above numbers. In addition to these, all the fishmongers'
and greengrocers' yards were inspected during the year,
many more than once. The cow-sheds, amounting to 105
on 64 premises, were also visited on several occasions, as well as
many of the butchers and all the bakehouses. With a few
exceptions the latter were in a very fair condition, but in two
the means of ventilation and drainage were not in good order.
The total number of nuisances abated during the year was
11,837.
The number of loads of dust removed during the year was
24,836, which is somewhat in excess of the number for the
previous year. The total cost was as follows:—The wages of
the men employed by the Board, £696 1s. 2d.; the inspector's
salary, £104 0s. 0d.; and the amount paid to the contractors,
£2,277 8s. 9d., making a total of £3,077 9s. 11d.,—making a
cost of 2s. 5fd. per load of 60 cubic feet.
The offensive state of the River Lea during many months of
the year exoited muoh attention, not only on part of the public,
but of the Sanitary Committee and the officers. Numerous
visits were paid by myself and the inspectors, and one special
inspection was made by the whole of the Sanitary Committee.
The legal questions involved were referred to Mr. Ellis, and
counsel's opinion taken, from which it appeared that there is not
any power given by Act of Parliament by which proceedings