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Nuisances from animals abated 7
Nuisances from flooded cellars abated 5
Manure receptacles provided 10
Stables cleansed 26
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 13
Surface Water Wells filled in 3
Miscellaneous 16
Unsound Food Destroyed—
Two pigs' heads; 4 sets of lungs; 1 sheep's pluck;
2 boxes of apples.
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified (excluding
Phthisis) 298
Number of rooms fumigated after infectious disease 365
Verminous rooms fumigated 10
Number of articles disinfected 7289
N.B.—In addition to the above work of disinfection, 52
stovings of bedding, etc. (803 articles) were carried out, and
41 patients were removed to Hospital for the Friern Barnet
District Council.
Inspection of Billets.
During the time a Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment
was stationed in the district, the billets were systematically
inspected. In a few instances, bedding and clothes used by
soldiers were subjected to steam disinfection.
Complaints.
Two hundred and twenty-two complaints were received
with respect to the following matters, viz.:—
Alleged defective drains 22
Blocked drains 11
Insanitary w.c.'s 3
Flushing boxes out of order 3
Insanitary condition of private roads or passages 6
Insanitary condition of houses 10