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chiefly of the poorer class, have been inspected, relating to
which 596 first, and 82 second notices have been served. In
accordance with the requirements of these notices, 228 cesspools
have been emptied, and 336 filled up; 324 closets have been
provided with pans and traps, and connected with the sewer;
635 drains have been trapped, cleansed, and otherwise improved;
74 yards have been paved; 171 houses have been
cleansed and whitewashed, and 21 have undergone repair; in
98 instances water has been laid on to closets, and in 50 it has
been supplied for drinking purposes; 41 dust-bins have been
provided; and in addition 755 miscellaneous nuisances (those
arising from pigs, accumulations of dung, vegetable refuse,
ashes, &c.) have been remedied. Besides the above, the
slaughter houses in the parish, 47 in number, were carefully
examined last autumn. The majority were in good condition;
but in 23 cases they were lime-whitened; in 10, paving was
either newly laid down or amended; in 4, the premises were
drained, and in 1 water was supplied. In 3 instances the premises
were unfit for the purpose to which they were applied,
and the licenses were successfully opposed before the
Magistrates.
I need scarcely comment on the importance of the above
figures; they indicate that a large amount of improvement as
regards the sanitary condition of dwelling houses has been
effected throughout the parish, and this quietly, and with
scarcely auy necessity for ultimate appeal to the Magistrate,
It must be recollected, too, in forming an estimate of the
amount of work accomplished, that almost all the domiciliary
visits indicated above, together with almost all the resulting
benefits have been the fruit of seeking nuisances out, and that