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20 MAY, 1891. 47
a Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows :
"During the fortnight ending May 2nd the number
"of Births was 151: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 105; 64 occurring in the Eastern district, 28
"in the Western district, and 13 in the outlying Institu"tions;
giving a death rate equal to 23.1 per 1,000 per
"annum, that of the Metropolis being 22.1 for the same
"period."
(3) That your Inspectors of Nuisances brought up and read
Reports for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to their Report Books.
That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Inspectors your Committee resolved to recommend—That
notices be served upon the owners of the following houses and
premises, requiring them to perform the following works, viz.:
(a) Nos. 2, 4, Spring Garden Place; 5, 16, Knott Street;
62, 64, and 66, Sidney Street—
To cleanse the drains thereat.
(b) No. 66, Knott Street—
To repair the defective drain thereat.
(c) Nos, 7, and 28, Knott Street—
To provide new pans to the closets thereat.
(d) Nos. 39, Union Street; 120, Oxford Street; 1, 7, 21,
16, Knott Street; and 48, Redman's Road—
To properly trap the sinks and yard gullies thereat.
(e) Nos, 3, 5, 43, 45, 55 to 63, 73 to 83, and 89 to 109,
Rowsell Street—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(/) Nos. 21, 2, and 16, Knott Street—
To provide water-supply to the closets thereat.
(g) Nos. 1, 5, Union Street; 126, Oxford Street; 7, 9,
15, 17, 37 to 41, 8, 14, 22,26, 28, 42 and 44, Knott
Street—
To repair the flushing apparatus to the closets thereat.
(h) Nos. 3, to 11, 17 to 27,33, 35, 43, 45, 55 to 97,
2 to 34, and 38 to 50, Rowsell Street—
To disconnect the water-supplies for domestic purposes
from those used for Hushing the closets thereat.
(i) Nos. 7, 2, 6, 10, and 12, Knott Street—
To repair the dilapidated plaster of walls thereof.
(j) Nos. 1, 13, Rowsell Street; 11, Skidmore Stree; j,
25, 29, 45, 47, 2 to 6, 10, 12, 30, 42, & 44, Knott
Street—
To cleanse and purify such houses.