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which can he fairly included under the head of maintenance. This amount divided hy the number
of weeks during which patients and the resident staff have been in the Hospital gives the cost of
each person as a little under 9s. Id. per week, a result which must, I think, be in every way
considered satisfactory.
Water Supply to Hospital.—Tlie Hospital now has a constant water supply by
the New River Company; in connection with this, fire hydrants are fixed in various parts of
the grounds, and fire hose and apparatus are always kept in readiness.
Ambulances.—One is reserved entirely for the removal of cases of Small Pox, and has
not been used during tlie year. The other is kept at the Hospital, and is now provided
with an air mattress and pillow.
Houses Disinfected.—500 rooms have been fumigated by the Inspector of Nuisances
after cases of infectious disease, and 300 cleansed and stripped.
Articles Disinfected or Destroyed.— 2,500 have been disinfected, and, where
necessary, washed. In one house the clothes and bedding were in such a filthy condition that
I recommended that they should be burnt, which was accordingly done.
Dust Destructors.—Two more cells have been added, making twelve in all.
The dust has been collected in the same manner as during last year, there having been 98
complaints of non-removal, equal to an average of about two a week, and the applications for
removal have been 266, being an average of five a week. 7,846 loads of dustbin refuse
have been treated, weighing 10,092 tons.
There has not been any complaint of nuisance caused by the destructor.
Drains.—58 houses have had their drains reconstructed, and 83 have had them made
good. 94 of the cases were after Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever, at the request of the Medical
Officer, 33 after nuisances and complaints, and 14 without notice.
Sewers.—A considerable length of new sewer has been laid during the year, and special
attention given to the fouling of the brook at the rear of Stanhope Road, resulting in the
disconnection of several sewers running into it. There have been several stoppages of sewets
laid under the original scheme of drainage of the District, and in respect to the one in Park
Road it has been decided to re-lay a considerable length of it.
Flushing Sewers—Several improvements have been made in this by heading back the
water used in flushing at various points in the District, so that the flush is made more forcible
and efficient, and flushing operations have been extended and increased.