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THE SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORTS.
For convenience of Sanitary inspection the parish is divided
into 3 districts. The Sanitary Inspectors during 1899 were the
late Inspector Bartlett (No. 1 District), Inspector Ensor (No. 2
District), Inspector Green (No. 3 District), and I append their
reports which shew a very large amount of accomplished work.
The late Inspector Bartlett's Report, No. 1 District:
205 dirty rooms and houses cleansed.
33 damp rooms remedied.
21 cases of overcrowding abated.
5 underground rooms emptied.
15 nuisances from animals abated.
2 broken doors repaired.
20 broken floors repaired.
3 sash cords renewed.
15 defective water closets remedied.
52 defective water apparatus repaired.
9 defective pans to w.c.'s
94 water closets refitted.
18 water closets unstopped.
29 water closet walls cleansed,
4 ventilation to w.c.'s improved.
2(5 extra w.c.'s provided.
30 new soil pipes refitted.
13 soil pipes ventilated.
2 soil pipes' ventilation improved.
GO paving of yards repaired.
35 yards limewhited.
2 yards drained.
11 sink wastes disconnected from drain.
2 sink wastes trapped.
26 dirty cisterns cleansed.
15 defective covers to cisterns repaired.
57 new dustbins provided.
13 defective dustbins repaired.
25 inlets of drains improperly trapped
remedied.
64 defective drains remedied.
14 choked drains remedied.
9 stackpipes disconnected from drain.
2 defective stackpipes remedied.
5 defective gutters repaired.
38 roofs repaired.
20 ceilings repaired.
3 water supplies reinstated.
3 water supplies repaired.
9 areas paved.
4 areas limewhited.
10 areas drained.
18 washhouses paved.
30 dirty washhouses cleansed.
4 washhouses drained.
34 spaces under floors ventilated
8 ventilation to spaces under floors
improved.
5 dirty basements cleansed.
10 workshops limewhited.
23 accumulations of refuse removed.
131 miscellaneous.
216 cases of infectious disease
including :—
125 cases of scarlet fever.
46 ,, diphtheria.
20 ,, enteric fever.
23 ,, erysipelas.
2 „ puerperal fever.
365 houses visited upon complaints and
infectious cases.
331 house to house inspections.
1,320 re-visits.
440 preliminary notices.
107 statutory notices.
46 summonses were taken out, 3 of
which were withdrawn :—
1 under Metropolis Local £ s. d.
Management Act, fine
and costs 220
23 under Public Health Act,
fines and costs 19 19 0
19 under Food and Drugs Act,
fines and costs 57 4 0
£79 5 0