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were all lumped together. It may be observed, also, that
in many years complaints of accumulation of household
dust are duly reckoned among nuisances, while in many
others these have been omitted wholly or in part. Down
to the end of the year 1865 few, if any, of these were
enumerated, from 1866 to 1871 they were regularly
recorded, and they were recorded also in 1873-74-75.
These complaints were in the vast majority of cases the
complaints made by the Inspectors in connection with
their house to house visitations. Since 1876 the
removal of dust has been carried out by the Vestry
under the superintendence of its own officers and any
complaints that have been made, have been at once
handed over to the Dust Inspector, and have not
been recorded among the proceedings of the Sanitary
Department. In further explanation of the Table, it
may be pointed out, that down to the Autumn of 1866,
the year in which cholera prevailed, there were only
two Sanitary Inspectors. Since that time, with short
intervals only, during which there were three Inspectors,
the number of Inspectors has been four. The variations
in the number of houses inspected annually since
1870 have depended partly on temporary diminutions
in the number of Inspectors, but largely on the
prevalence of small-pox, which has necessitated for
considerable lengths of time the duties of one and