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There is one other very fertile source of the propagation
of infective diseases which needs prevention; it is that
presented by the congregation of large masses of children
in Board Schools without the intervention of proper
medical supervision, under which, we submit, all such
schools should be placed.
The various proceedings enumerated in the Table are
exclusive of many that cannot be so represented, as for
instance, the inspection of the Cow-houses and Slaughterhouses
of the District, (70 of the former and 52 of the
latter), 122 in number, which were all examined and
reported on prior to a renewal of their owner's licenses:
the attendances at the Police Court; and the numerous
nuisances of local interest in the several sub-districts,
and several important matters of general interest, which
formed the subjects of special reports—many the result
of protracted investigation. Collectively the sanitary
operations of the past year shew that the supervision of
your Board is keeping pace with the progressive sanitary
requirements of the District.
Amongst the latter however is one which has not
received such attention as its great importance demands.
We refer to the general administration of Scavenging,
which in consequence of the perfunctory manner in
which it has been carried out has much detracted from
the otherwise efficient system of sanitation pursued in
this District. It is in our experience, as it is no doubt
in that of most householders, that the removal of house
refuse is too infrequent and irregular and very often
effected only under pressure of great inconvenience or
greater nuisance. It is very desirable therefore that
Scavenging should constitute one of the regular daily acts
of sanitary procedure; that by its agency the surface of
the streets and of the general surroundings of the