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201, and of total reconstructions, and of the drainage of new
buildings collectively 2,134. This latter work, I need
scarcely say, needs in every case a very careful consideration
of the plans submitted for execution, and frequent and
careful inspection of works in progress.
Tables XIII. and XIV. C. comprise a list of the
ordinary sanitary works which have been carried out
during the year, and the number of instances in which each
item of this list has been successfully dealt with. The
Tables bear witness to the successful performance of a large
amount of sanitary work, but none of its items call for any
special remark.
Tables XIII. and XIV. D. set forth the number of
samples of food and drugs submitted by the Inspectors to
the Analyst, and the number of summonses which have been
taken out under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
During the year, from the 25th March, 1891, to the
25th March, 1892 inclusive, there were notified (see Table
XV.) under the Notification Act, 4 cases of small-pox, 1 case
of typhus, 648 cases of scarlet fever, 109 cases of typhoid
or enteric fever, 9 cases of puerperal fever, 249 cases of
diphtheria, and 192 cases of erysipelas, in all 1,212 cases.
It is satisfactory to observe that the total number of
notifications for the year was less by 353 than that for the
year immediately preceding, the diminution in scarlet fever
being 240, that in typhoid fever 43, that in puerperal fever
3, that in diphtheria 7, and that in erysipelas 66. In smallpox
there was an increase of 2.
Table XVI. sets forth the number of houses which
were disinfected by, or under the superintendence of, the