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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
and in no case did infectious disease recur after disinfection
had been carried out.
172 water cisterns have been re-covered, or repaired, or
cleansed. In reference to water cisterns, under the new
bye-laws of the Board, made under the Public Health
Act, it is now the duty of all householders to have their
cisterns thoroughly cleaned out every six months, and to
have a proper fitting cover to same if there is any danger
of the water being polluted by being left uncovered.
There were 763 sanitary operations under the heading
of unclassified nuisances, these included :—
97 waste pipes of bath trapped.
148 waste pipes of sink trapped.
68 waste pipes of lavatory trapped.
156 soil pipes repaired.
144 ventilating pipes repaired.
11 water closet apparatus renewed.
16 new manure receptacles provided.
107 water closets disconnected from drinking water cisterns
and a separate supply laid on.
The quantities of the various substances used for disinfecting
purposes were as follows: —
45 gallons of carbolic acid containing 95 per cent, of tar acids
were used.
15 gallons of cresol,
20 cwts. of carbolic powder, containing 15 per cent, of carbolio
acid.
11 cwt. of carbolic powder, containing acid sulphates.
1¾ cwt. of roll sulphur.
Workshop and Factory Act.—Under this act all workshops
have been duly inspected. It was found that three
required cleaning and lime washing, and there was one
case of overcrowding.