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are recorded as incomplete, forty-two are in progress ; in ten
cases orders have been suspended for various reasons by the
Sanitary Committee; in two cases the works have been
executed by the Vestry at the expense of the parties concerned.
One hundred and sixty complaints of nuisances, made by
inhabitants of the Parish, have been registered in the book
which is kept for the purpose by the Inspector of Nuisances. In
consequence of these, thirty-five Orders have been made, in
compliance with which the following works have been
executed:—
New Drains have been constructed in 19 cases ;
A Drain has been amended in 1 case;
Cesspools have been filled in 8 cases;
Other Works of improvement have
executed in 11 cases.
In all, 31 Orders have been completed, and four remain in
progress.
In numerous instances the owners of property have given
the most praiseworthy proofs of their public spirit, in at once
following out my suggestions, without waiting for a compulsory
requisition from the Sanitary Committee; and this even
in cases in which the works required to be done have been of
considerable magnitude, and have, consequently, involved
considerable expense.
It is to be observed, that all the works of sanitary improvement
which are referred to in this statement have been
carried out in the dwellings of the poor, and the greater part
of them in consequence of systematic house to house inspection.
The visits of the Inspector to the dwellings of the higher
classes have been confined to those cases in which, either
there has been special ground for supposing the infraction of
the sanitary Acts, or a written statement in the form of a
complaint has been made. At the same time it cannot be
doubted, that in many of the better streets of the Parish, the
drainage of the houses is extremely defective. I have myself
met with instances in which disease of a serious description