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To Mr. W. W. Burrows my thanks are specially due for the manner in
which the disinfection and fumigation of premises, where infectious cases
occurred, has been managed under his supervision.
Mr. Lapworth reports that two cases of Ostend rabbits, weighing about
1 cwt. each, were found in an unsound condition on the premises of
tradesmen in the Bethnal Green-road, and Cambridge-road; they were
condemned and destroyed.
Mr. J. W. Burrows reports that 4 cases of rabbits and 50 pads of fish
were condemned and destroyed by him.
Various pads of fish, baskets of fruit and vegetables, have also been
destroyed; but as they were not offered for sale, certificates as to the condition
in which the articles were found were usually given, and no further
action taken in the matter.
The scavenging and dusting has been, as usual, a constant bone of
contention, and so imperfectly was it done at the commencement of the
present year in numbers one and three districts, that by order of the
Sanitary Committee, additional carts were put on to clear these portions
of the parish. From the 4th of January to the 25th inclusive, eight to
twelve carts were at work daily, in addition to those provided by Mr.
Mansfield, the contractor.
The Sanitary Committee has held forty-four meetings at the Vestryhall,
and has in addition visited all the fish-curing premises in the parish,
all the cow houses, and a great number of other premises which were
reported to be in a state injurious to health.
In conclusion, allow me to return my sincere thanks to those gentlemen
forming the committee for their valuable assistance in effecting numerous
sanitary improvements, and for their cordial support and co-operation
upon all occasions.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Yours most obediently,
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M.D.