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account of infectious diseases, and 598* inspections of new
buildings.
2nd. That during the same year there were 19,459
re-inspections of works in progress, including premises in
which infectious diseases were or had been prevailing.
And 3rd. That in connection with the sanitary defects
revealed by inspection, 3,450 notices were served during
the first 9 months; and during the last 3 months
386 intimations and only 51 notices. The apparent discrepancy
between the above figures relating to the first 9
months of the year, and those relating to the last 3 months,
are to be explained by the facts, that during the former
period sanitary defects occurring, say in one house, had
frequently to be dealt with under different Acts of Parliament
and by several notices, whereas now all such defects
can, as a rule, be dealt with by a single notice; and that
the intimations which are now served immediately on the
discovery of defects are largely attended to, and no formal
notice becomes necessary. There were only 26 summonses
under the Sanitary Acts during the year.
Under Tables XIII. and XIV. B. are included perhaps
the most important sanitary duties which the sanitary
department has to discharge: those namely which relate to
the supervision and regulation of the drainage of houses
newly built, and those relating to the total or partial reconstruction
(under the Vestry's regulations) of the drains of
houses already built. Of partial reconstructions there were
* This applies only to the last 3 months of the year; for the
previous 9 months such cases have been included only in Table
XIII. B.