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4 MARCH, 1891. 279
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 10, Wade's Place; and
20, 22, 24, 26 & 43, Plumber's Row;
and the Magistrate made orders for the performance of
the necessary sanitary works in each case within 28 days.
Your Committee also beg to Report that your Medical
Officer of Health, took out summonses under the Housing
of the W orking Classes Act, 1890, against the owner of—
Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Union Place,
such premises being in a state so dangerous or injurious to
health as to be unfit for human habitation, and the Magistrate
made orders that such houses be closed within 28 days.
(7) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Notices served for sanitary amendments 127
„ „ Re infectious diseases 16
Houses inspected 147
„ re-inspected 143
„ disinfected 7
„ cleansed 6
Drains tested and found defective 5
Drains cleansed 4
Drains trapped 8
Cesspools abolished 2
Flushing apparatus and W.C. pans, &c., repaired 4
Water supply provided to closets 10
Water supply for domestic purposes separated
from cisterns which supply the closets 49
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct
communication with the drains 49
Roofs repaired 3
Dampness of walls removed, plaster repaired, &c. 6
Yards paved 7
Stable drained 1
Summonses taken under Sanitary Acts 13
Magistrates Orders obtained 13
g. f. burge.
Signed t. g. livermore.
geo. coker.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Resolved—That it be considered seriatim.
sanitary notices.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That that part of the Report be adopted and it was resolved
accordingly.