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Public.houses.
In February, I requested the Inspector to make
the systematic visitation of all the public houses in
the Parish, for the purpose of ascertaining the
condition of the urinals and water.closets, directing
his attention specially to those known to be defective.
The results of this inspection were embodied in a
Report which I submitted to the Chairman of the
Special Sessions, held here on Monday, the 4th of
March, In several of the cases, in which it
appeared to the Licensing Magistrate that the
arrangements were unsatisfactory, the licences
were suspended for a month, in order that the
applicants might have time to carry out the
necessary improvements. In this way, several
nuisances which had long been subjects of complaint
were dealt with in such a manner as to be
satisfactory alike to the owners of property and to
the public.
In concluding this Report, I have pleasure in
calling your attention to the unusual progress which
has been made during the year in the sanitary
administration of the Parish. Important works of
house improvement, the necessity of which had
been long recognized, have been successfully completed
; many standing nuisances have been abated,
and the offensive trades carried on around the
Canal Basin have been subjected to wholesome