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there is in the cleanliness of the great
majority of the dwellings of the poor
between now and then.
5. Thirteen new dustbins have been constructed,
and 125 have been cleansed
and put in repair.
6. Twenty-three cesspools have been emptied
and filled up.
7. Twenty-five cisterns or water butts have
been cleansed out or repaired. I would
here observe on the very general neglect
of cleansing cisterns and water butts.
However good the water supplied there
will necessarily be an accumulation of
organic matter at the bottom, and if
this is not occasionally cleared out, the
water becomes foul, and is a source of
disease.
I would especially call attention to the fact that
the nuisances which are removed are constantly
recurring. It is only by constant inspection and
by supervision, repeated systematically from day to
day and week to week, that those nuisances can
be kept down, which are ever ready to destroy the
life, and, at one and the same time, sap the health
and undermine the morality of the community. The
disarrangement of matter, which constitutes dirt,
is of hourly occurrence wherever human beings
are found; and unless there is intelligence and
assistance ever ready to adjust the disturbance,