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Medical Officer's Report. 23
Also a considerable amount of sanitary work has been done in the
district (such as new buildings, etc.) without notices being served.
UNSOUND FOOD, Etc.
Details of diseased and decomposed meat "seized" during the year are
given on pages 12 to 15.
SMOKE INSPECTION.
The Smoke Inspector, Mr. Thomas Madden, reports that there are
56 furnaces and boilers on the register, and that he makes periodical
inspection of them to see that they are in a proper working order, and
consume their own smoke. There are 9 kinds of smoke consumers in the
District, which are as follows:—
Ventilated Doors 4
Dr. Annan's Patent 3
Nicholson's „ 3
Caddy's „ Bars 2
Juke's „ 2
Galloway's „ 6
Gregory and Veal's Patent 1
Gosling's Patent 2
Total of Smoke Consumers 35
The number of furnaces and boilers without smoke consumers is 21,
The 13 furnaces that were at Reid's Brewery have been removed from the
register, as the premises were closed in September, and are now being
demolished. During the year 3 new smoke consumers have been supplied.
Six preliminary, 5 recurring, and 2 statutory notices were served to abate
smoke nuisances, and were all complied with.
THE MORTUARY.
There were 158 bodies brought into the mortuary from 1st January to
December 31st, 1899.
Coroner's inquests were held on 63 of these.