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PROGRESS OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.
It remains for me to lay before you a statement of the
measures which are at present in operation for the sanitary
improvement of the population in this Parish, and of the
progress which has been made in their administration.
Under the Act for the removal of Nuisances, proceedings
have been taken in two cases only, viz.: under the 29th Section,
in relation to the over-crowding of a house; and under
the 8th, in relation to a "nuisance injurious to health." In
all other instances it has been found possible, without the
employment of the summary powers of compulsion which are
conferred on you by that Act, to carry on a large number of
important sanitary improvements.* From the following
Summary of the results of proceedings which have been
taken by the Sanitary Committee, under the authority of
the Act for the Local Management of the Metropolis, you
will have reason to conclude that the operation of the sanitary
clauses of that Act has been, if we may judge from the
experience of the past year, most satisfactory.
Tabular Summary of Inspections and of Works executed
in compliance with Orders issued by the Sanitary
Committee, 1856.
No. of Houses inspected 2201
No. of Honses in which Works have been executed in compliance
with Orders 750
,, Works ordered are incomplete 54
,, New Drains have been constructed 94
„ Drains have been amended 153
,, Cesspools have been filled 193
,, Miscellaneous Works have been executed, 422
Of the fifty-four cases in the above Table in which works
* In many other districts of the Metropolis all sanitary improvements have
been enforced under the authority of the Act for the Removal of Nuisances. The
adoption of this plan of procedure inflicts on the owners of property concerned,
an amount of additional expense and inconvenience, which is wholly avoided in
following the more simple course prescribed by the Local Management Act.