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The Parish has been divided into Two Districts, called the East and West, and
an Inspector of Nuisances has been appointed for each District.
The Insfector of the West Division, Reports as follows:
I beg to lay before you the following summary of proceedings taken
for the removal of Nuisances, and the Sanitary improvement of the
Parish, for the year ending March 25th, 18G1.
These relate principally to the West Division of the Parish, the East
Division having only been under my inspection for one quarter of the
year.
During the year I inspected 2115 houses, and from time to time
reported to the Sanitary Committee on the state of such as required
special notice; under my direction, 269 cesspools have been abolished,
and 391 water closets erected in the place of open privies, with proper
trapped soil pans, all drained to the sewers, and all the inlets to the
drains properly trapped; 64 house drains have been cleansed and repaired,
and an efficient drainage provided for 455 houses; dust bins
have been provided for 56 houses; and additional windows for improving
the ventilation have been put into 16 houses.
Since the sewers constructed by the Vestry in the Vinegar Ground
have been completed, 120 of the houses have been drained into them :
dust bins have also been provided for many of the houses, with additional
means of ventilation, and a great improvement has been effected in the
sanitary condition of the locality ; most of these houses are the property
of II. C. Sturt, Esq., who has shown a laudable anxiety, not only to improve
the houses, but also to introduce a better class of tenants. Another
group of houses, 20 in number, which recently came into Mr. Sturt's
hands, on the expiration of a lease, situate in Mount rieasant, East Road,
which were in a very bad state, and nearly always the seat of disease,
have been completely renovated; the cesspools have been emptied and
filled up, and water closets erected all properly drained; dust bins have
been provided, and where necessary new windows have been put in to
improve the ventilation. On the east side of number Street and near to
Mount Pleasant, 24 houses have also been greatly improved in their
sanitary condition, by the abolition of cesspools, and the erection of