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Systematic Sanitary Inspection.
Inspection from house to house has been carried
out vigorously in the more closely inhabited streets
of the Parish, as the records of the office and of my
Quarterly Reports show in detail. It is gratifying
to remark that the owners of tenant house property
have acknowledged the fact, that sanitary inspection,
and the orders for sanitary improvements
consequent thereon, have materially benefited, it is
said, their property, and increased its value, even
20 per cent.
Disinfection
Under Clauses 22, 23 of Sanitary Act, 1866.
Disinfection of houses, clothing and bedding,
has not been carried out actively in this Parish.
One very satisfactory reason is that comparatively
few cases of contagious diseases became known to
the Sanitary Inspector. From the imperfect means
of getting early information, judicious action cannot
always be taken.
Slaughter-houses and Cow-houses.
Twenty-nine Slaughter-houses are licensed in
the Parish, and have been under constant inspection
this year. As a rule, they are kept in very
good order. Twenty Licences for Cow-keeping
were granted. Some of the slaughter-houses and
cow-sheds are in too close proximity to inhabited
dwellings; and the frequent removal of manure and