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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
221 cases were notified during the year, and in every instance
an inspection of the infected premises was made.
All the houses where the cases of infectious illness occurred have
been disinfected ; 156 by the Department, and the remainder under
the supervision of the Medical Practitioner attending the case. The
bedding, clothing, &c., were removed, steam disinfected, and returned
in 154 instances. 138 patients were removed to Hospital.
It was found necessary to strip and cleanse 25 rooms after
removal or recovery of patients.
103 books which had been borrowed from the Public Library
were collected from infected houses, disinfected, and returned to the
Public Library.
DRAINAGE APPLICATIONS.
Twenty-seven plans were submitted to your Committee, referring
to the drainage of 32 premises; all of these were eventually approved.
Ten of the above applications were for combined systems of
drainage.
URINALS IN CONNECTION WITH LICENSED
PREMISES.
In very few cases were complaints received or nuisances found.
There are 26 of these conveniences in the Borough, the greater
portion of which are cleansed by the Borough Council's men.