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stood close on the side of the public path, and were particularly offensive
in warm weather. To complete the improvement here, a better mode of
surface-drainage is necessary.
The entire number of sanitary works executed since the establishment
of the Vestry in 1856 are as follows :—
2740 cesspools have been abolished.
4070 water-closets have been erected in place of open privies.
2200 house-drains have been cleansed and repaired.
689 dust-bins have been provided.
110 houses have had an additional window put in to improve the
ventilation.
During the year I received 11 complaints of pigs being kept in places
where they were a nuisance and injurious to health. Notices were given
to the owners of the premises to have them removed, which was done.
I made the usual periodical inspection of the licensed slaughter-houses,
94 in number, and found them in a satisfactory condition, proper attention
being paid to cleanliness, drainage, ventilation, and water supply.
Since the law requiring cow-houses to be licensed came into operation,
in November last, I have made two periodical inspections of them, 48 in
number, and on each occasion I found them satisfactory ; they were all in
the first place visited by the sanitary committee, before the licenses were
granted, and approved by them, on condition of certain improvements
being made, which in every case was done with one exception, and to
that the license was refused.
During the year there were 690 applications to have dust removed,
which were all properly attended to by the contractor.
Several complaints were made during the winter, that the roads and
streets were not properly cleansed. To these the special attention of the
contractor was directed, and since that time there has been a marked
improvement, and the work regularly and satisfactorily performed.
I have only found it necessary in the course of the year to summon one
person, the owner of a house in Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, before
the magistrate at Worship-street, for refusing or neglecting to comply