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Accidentally run over on the Main Road 2
A child suffocated accidentally in bed 1
Neglect at birth 3
Drowning 1
Pneumonia 1
Water Supply.
The results of the bacteriological examinations
for the year continue to show the thorough efficiency
of the filtration; also the excellent character of the
supply from the two Companies serving this District,
the West Middlesex and Grand Junction.
I have the satisfaction of remarking that the District
has now a constant supply to each house. The
importance of this cannot be overrated. A draw-Off
tap has been supplied to 300 houses, which enables
the occupiers to obtain the drinking water direct from
the main, instead of through cisterns which are too
frequently both dirty and uncovered.
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.,
The proceedings under this Aft applied to two
houses in Essex Place (Nos. 31 and 33), which I
condemned as being uninhabitable in their present
condition, both are at the present unoccupied.
Isolation Hospital.
The temporary hospital which was opened for the
reception of Patients in January, 1896, was closed in
February, 1897, owing to the diminution of the number
of cases.
It is a matter of congratulation that your Council
have at last succeeded in securing a site for a Fever