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Scavenging.
A weekly service of collection is maintained by the Council,
the collection being made by 4 motor tractors each working
to a pair of trailers. The refuse is removed to a tip in the
northern part of the district.
No satisfactory provision has yet been made for the disposal
of trade refuse. It would seem that this could best be dealt
with by the erection of an incinerator which, besides disposing
of trade refuse, would be available for the destruction of condemned
carcasses and infected bedding.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Report of Sanitary Inspectors.
(a) Nature and number of inspections.
Houses 781
Bakehouses 48
Slaughter-houses 310
Cowsheds, Dairies 160
Infectious diseases enquiries 730
Houses disinfected 452
(b) Notices served. Complied with.
Statutory, 43 43
Informal, 17 13
Smoke Abatement.
No action has been necessary during the year for the abatement
of smoke.
Offensive Trades.
The trades or businesses of a rag and bone dealer and of a
fish frier were declared, by a confirming order of the Ministry
of Health which came into operation March 28th, 1927, to be
Offensive Trades.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
The powers under this act have been delegated to the Local
Authority by the County Council. Under these powers the
Public were informed by public notice that suitable rat poison
was obtainable at the Sanitary Department. A steadily incasing
advantage is being taken of this offer.