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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my First Annual Report of the
sanitary work carried out in the district during the year ending
December 31st, 1915.
Notwithstanding the abnormal times and the increasing
difficulty in getting sanitary work carried out—especially
structural work—a very satisfactory amount of sanitary repairs
have been effected.
House Drains.—Constant attention has been given to the
sanitary condition of the surroundings to dwelling houses, and
in this direction 20 drainage systems have been tested, 11 of
which were found defective. The drains at 4 houses have
been re-constructed or new provided, and 36 cleansed, trapped,
ventilated, or repaired.
Water Supply.—There are only a few houses in the
outlying portions of the district which are not supplied with
water from the main. They are dependent on a rainwater
supply collected from the roofs of the buildings and stored in
underground cement tanks. These are periodically inspected,
and the owners called upon to cleanse them when necessary.
In all the above cases the houses are situated a long distance
from the mains.
Food.—A regular inspection of the slaughterhouses, shops(
and hawkers' carts, etc., is made, and in this connection about
801bs. of unsound fruit was surrendered during the year.
Dairies and Cowsheds.—Regular inspection of the Dairies
and Cowsheds in the district is made, primarily with a view to
maintaining cleanliness of the premises, cattle, utensils, and
operatives when milking, so as to ensure, as far as possible, a
clean supply of milk. There has been much improvement in
this direction during the past few years.