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Manhole Inverts, &C.—The smell from the surface ventilators has heen greatly reduced
by the repairing of the bottoms of the manholes. Eighty-four have been reconstructed.
Wherever practicable, the surface ventilators have been closed, and nine high shafts have
been erected in suitable positions. In ventilating the sewers the constant aim is to close
surface ventilators, especially in roads and footpaths, and to substitute other openings at such an
elevation and in such positions that they shall not prove a nuisance.
Gullies.—A thorough examination has been made, resulting in the reconstruction of all
those gullies in that portion of the District where there is only one system of sewers.
Dairies, Milkshops, and Cowsheds are periodically visited by the Inspector of
Nuisances, and, when necessary, by myself. In every case where registration is applied for I visit
and report as to the suitability of the shop for the sale of milk.
Houses condemned as unfit for Human Habitation. Four houses were so
condemned, and have been repaired. Two of them, however, by means of partitions, had been
changed from a single house into two. I recommended that the partitions should be pulled
down and the houses reconverted into one.
Slaughter Houses.—There are ten in the District, and these are all visited periodically
and kept in good sanitary condition.
The Mortuary.—Thirty-two bodies have been placed in the Mortuary during the year,
and inquests have been held by the Coroner in 31 cases of accidental or sudden death.
Water Supply.—The whole of the District is now, since the supply from the New River
Company was laid on to the Hospital, supplied by that Company, and about 50 j>er cent, of the
houses are supplied on the constant supply system.
Special Reports.—On 18th of February I submitted a special Report dealing with the out
break of Scarlet Fever in a portion of the District. In it I gave a detailed account of the suddenness
of the outbreak, of my suspicions as to its cause, of my visit of inspection to 10 dairy
farms in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and of the recommendations resulting therefrom. On the
11th of March I submitted a further report on this outbreak, and copies of each of these
Reports were sent, according to regulations, to the Local Government Board and to the Middlesex
County Council.
Sanitary Defects, Nuisances, and Sanitary Work.- I append tabular statements of
the sanitary work carried out in the district during the year, and also Table A of the deaths and