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82 water supplies to water closets reinstated.
106 new pans provided or old pans cleaned to water closets.
147 houses and rooms cleansed and whitewashed.
55 cases of overcrowding abated.
47 dustbins provided or repaired.
18 defective roofs repaired.
7 smoke nuisances abated.
6 dead bodies kept in room where persons live, removed to mortuary.
9 nuisances from keeping animals abated.
2 houses shut as unfit for human habitation.
27 accumulation of dung, rubbish, &c., removed.
59 cases of defective water fittings, including 20 water-supplies cut
off for waste, reinstated.
13 percolations of water remedied.
46 illegally occupied kitchens emptied or made to comply with the
Act.
60 defective pavings repaired.
181 cases of infectious disease: consisting of 108 scarlet fever, 41
diphtheria, 21 typhoid, and 1 erysipelas. Of these, 40 were
removed by Vestry to the hospital.
174 disinfections were made, mostly by owners; in 3 cases the
Vestry's tradesmen cleansed, and costs were recovered.
1 barrel of crabs, 3 pads of mackerel, 4 boxes of plaice, 1 hamper of
cauliflowers, 5 fowls, 11 pieces of meat, and 1 box of oranges
—condemned as unfit for human food, and destroyed.
26 summonses were taken out under:
Metropolis Local Management Act, 4; fines inflicted £5 7s.
Nuisances Removal Act, 6, fines inflicted £35 6s.
Sanitary Act, 5; fines inflicted, £3 2s.
Food and Drugs' Act, 21; £26 0s. 6d.
814 preliminary notices served.
277 statutory notices served.