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The removal of house refuse would be greatly facilitated
by the general adoption of portable (lust receptacles. These
should not on any account be placed in the street, but kept
within the householder's premises in some convenient place
readily accessible to the dustmen. They should not be so
large as not to admit of being taken up by a man unaided.
The refuse would thus be removed bodily and speedily,
avoiding the dirt and unpleasantness inseparable from the
system of transferring the contents of a dustbin to a basket
for removal.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATION.
During the year ended at Lady-day, 139 certificates were
received by the Medical Officer of Health relating to
Parishioners suffering from infectious disease, viz.:—
Small Pox (modified)
2
Scarlatina
8
Diphtheria
33
Membraneous Croup
3
Erysipelas
20
Scarlet Fever
65
Typhoid Fever
4
Puerperal Fever
2
Enteric Fever
1
Variola (modified)
1
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INSPECTION OF BAKEHOUSES.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, having transferred
to the Local Sanitary Authorities the duty of inspecting
retail bakehouses, the following abstract of the requirements
of the law with regard to cleanliness, ventilation, over-