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understood,but the very nuisances, the Local Authorities
are now charged with the duty of removing, were
fostered and upheld by law. The existence of innumerable
cesspools, some of which elude the closest
search, is a familiar instance. It is now considered
incumbent on the authorities to suppress them, and
yet, but a few years ago, the use of them was made
compulsory by the prohibition, under penalties, of other
modes of disposing of sewage.
In pursuance of notices served during the year,
180 cesspools and privies have been empted, 150 drains
cleansed, and 300 houses connected with sewers, and
provided with the requisite sanitary apparatus. In 130
cases offensive accumulations have been removed, and
40 dwelling houses, rendered unwholesome by filth, have
been put in a proper condition.
The purification of cow-houses and slaughterhouses
has also engaged the attention of the Officers of
Health and the Sanitary Committee, and proper steps
have been taken to enforce the law in these respects.
The Vestry have also in many cases secured the improvement
of premises devoted to these purposes by
means of the power of opposing licenses vested in
them, and the readiness of the Justices to give effect
to their objections. In October last licenses were
granted for 33 slaughter-houses and 34 cow-houses
within the Hamlet.
The necessary contracts, having for their object
the removal of refuse from houses and the cleansing
of streets, have been entered into. With regard
to the scavenging of the public highways, some
alterations in the system adopted have been made,
with a view to place the control of the men,