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Committees, with the results and Sanitary Improvements effected.
The amount of Sanitary work carried out between the 25th of
March, 1866, and the 25th of March, 1867, was unusually large
in consequence of additional Inspectors of Nuisances having been
employed. The permanent staff was increased from two to three
inspectors, in addition to which two extra inspectors were
employed for rather more than three months to assist in Houseto-house
Inspection, and for a fortnight a third was engaged, their
services being discontinued early in January.
The number of Nuisances removed or abated, and Sanitary
Improvements effected, amounted to 7940; comprising 1509
unwholesome houses, cleansed or white-washed; 684 dilapidated
houses repaired; 625 houses provided with means of ventilation;
768 new ash-pits or dust-bins erected; 606 houses provided with
proper drainage; 428 cesspools emptied or abolished; 253 premises
supplied with water; 454 water receptacles improved ; 410
drain obstructions removed; 353 privies, closets, and drains
improved; 211 yards cleansed, repaved, or otherwise improved;
716 accumulations of dust, dung, or garbage removed ; 66 lots of
swine, consisting of 440 pigs removed; 88 offensive smells from
trades, &c., abated; 78 gullies attended to; 14 foul urinals
cleansed; 7 dangerous structures removed ; 7 lots of unsound
and unwholesome food seized and conveyed to the Police Courts,
and afterwards destroyed by the Magistrates' order; 156 articles
of clothing, beds and bedding, infected with cholera discharges
burnt; and 115 slaughter-houses, 105 cow-houses, and 225 bakehouses
white-washed several times. Before the completion of the
above works, several visits were usually required by the Inspectors,
3094 Notices were served, and 28 Summonses heard at the Southwark
and Lambeth Police Courts. Three new applications for
Licenses for Slaughter-houses were opposed at the Newington
Sessions and refused. Three new Licenses for Cow-houses were
granced, two of which were in lieu of old licenses discontinued.