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TABLE IV.
Summary of Sanitary Work, Quarter ending March 27th, 1875.
I.—Inspections consequent
on Nuisances and Complaints,
Offensive and
Injurious Trades, inspection
of cases of
Contagious Diseases.
Inspections of Offensive Trades, Marine Stores, &c. ..
60
„ Of Manure and Dust Wharves
26
„ Cow-houses
10
„ Slaughter-houses
20
„ Bake-houses
21
„ Mortuary or Dead-house almost daily ..
—
„ Provision Markets every Saturday
—.
„ Churches, Chapels, Schools, Factories,
Work - rooms and other Public
Institutions
-
,, Contagious Diseases investigated
27
,, Fever and Small-Pox Conveyance used times
11
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
227
Works done
87
Inspectors.
11.—Systematic Sanitary
Inspection of Dwellings,
Mews and Stables.
Houses and Premises visited and inspected
1753
Re-inspections
745
Orders issued for Sanitary Works (15 Formal Orders
of the Vestry) including disinfection of Rooms, &c.
12
Works executed
190
Works in progress
180
III.— Attendances upon
Magistrates, Surveyor,
at the Police,Corouer's
Courts, and Licensing
Meetings.
Attendances
30
Summonses
1 4
For obtaninig Summonses
15
„ hearing „
1
Letters written and received
112
Nuisances and Complaints investigated during the Quarter
ending March 27th, 1875.
The register of 185 cases, admits of the following classification:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys. 54
„ „ water supply 8
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c. 32
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
ballast burning, bad meat, and fruit 4
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 19
Smoke nuisances 2
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from. 4
Smells from the Canal Basin —
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c. 14
Smells, offensive 6
Defective scavenging and watering of
Roadways 5
Dangerous Structures and Places unfit 2
Miscellaneous, and complaints of Epidemic
diseases, &c. 35
Total 185
These Complaints received almost immediate attention.