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No. of houses inspected and disinfected 391
Notices served requiring occupiers to disinfect
articles liable to retain infection in 391 premises.
395 cases of contagious diseases were reported to the Sanitarydepartment,
of which 223 were cases of small pox. Much care
was taken to prevent the spread of this disease, by isolating the
sick and disinfecting the houses, drains, &c. 137 of the above
small pox cases were removed to the small pox hospital, 61 were
not removed, and 25 died.
No. of infected beds disinfected at the Vestry's
disinfecting oven 402
Ditto pillows ditto 369
Ditto mattrasses ditto 68
Ditto bolsters ditto 160
Ditto other articles ditto 1121
Making a total of 2723 articles disinfected.
ARTICLES OP FOOD &c., condemned and destroyed by
me as being unfit for human consumption.
46 tins of potted lobsters
7 bags of chestnuts
3 trunks of plaice
2 boxes of kippers.
SALE OF POOD AND DRUGS ACT.—See Analyst's
Report.
REMOVAL OP DUST.—During the year ending 25th
March, 1881, the dust on the whole has been fairly removed from
the Parish, and there has been about the same number of applications
for the removal of dust from private dwellings, except during
the month of March, when an increase took place, but the
numbers were soon reduced.
The number of applications during the past year, compared
with the number of applications during the previous three years
is shewn below:—