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SANITARY MISCELLANEA.
The returns of the Sanitary Inspectors give the following results:—
Houses or Premises inspected 8568
Workshops inspected 1069
Notices served 3717
Summonses issued 57
Number of Summonses heard 57
Number of Visits to ascertain the progress of work required to be
done under notices Served 34,272
Work Executed in compliance with Notices served.
Houses cleansed and purified 1357
Workshops cleansed and purified 347
Houses closed as unfit for human habitation 1
Cases in which defective drainage has been remedied 1800
Cesspools abolished 11
Closets cleansed and purified 2136
Removals of accumulations of Dung and other offensive matter 1404
Animals removed in consequence of being a nuisance, or kept in a
condition injurious to public health 144
The number of houses and premises inspected during the year was
8568, including 1069 workshops. These required 3717 notices to be
served. The number of visits to ascertain progress of work was, at the
lowest computation, 34,272, for some had to be visited 10 or 12 times
before owners would remedy the defects complained of, whilst others
would only require one or two, so that I have taken the moderate average
of four to each case, which gives the number as above. Fifty-seven
summonses have been taken out and heard by the Magistrates, at Worship
Street. This has caused great loss of time, as constant adjournments have
taken place, causing the attendance of the Inspectors and myself three
times before a case has been adjudicated.
The Sanitary Committee have met nearly every week, the Sanitary
Staff being in attendance for nearly two or three hours each time, and
frequently after the sitting the Committee have viewed premises whero
nuisances have existed, being ten or eleven o'clock before finishing.
All known cases of fever have been attended to, and the rooms disinfected
and cleanscd. When necessary the beds have been burnt. A