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appendices thereto, that continuous attention has been paid
to the abatement and removal of nuisances. It is impossible,
however, to convey any accurate idea of the extent or value
of sanitary work by the mere tabulation of figures. The
most satisfactory proof of the value of this department of
the Vestry's work is afforded by the reduction in the rate
of mortality in the Parish since the creation of a sanitary
department some thirty years since.
Two officers are constantly engaged in the work of inspection
with a view to detecting and removing nuisances, but
the Vestry are still more anxious to prevent unsanitary conditions
which give rise to nuisances. With this object they
once more appeal to the parishioners for intelligent co-operation,
especially to such as by their avocations are brought
into contact with residents in the poorer and more crowded
districts. The Vestry have much pleasure in acknowledging
the assistance they have received during the year from the
Sanitary Aid Committee, the National Health Society, and
other voluntary agencies, as well as from officers of public
bodies and many individual ratepayers, in questions relating
to the public health, and they will be glad at all times to
receive early information of any nuisance or supposed
nuisance. It is not absolutely necessary that the name and
address of the informant should be given in all cases, although
it is very desirable that this should be done where possible,
in order to save loss of time in fruitless inquiry.
Another and most valuable mode of assisting; in maintaining
a high degree of public health is for each householder
to insist upon scrupulous cleanliness being observed in the
premises under his control. Where cisterns are in use they
should be Kept covered and be cleansed at sufficiently frequent
intervals; if they are used as receptacles for drinking water
they should be disconnected from water closets and drains;
care should be taken to keep the drains clean and properly