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Although the cost is not wholly covered by the
amount charged (viz., 4d. per pail), I feel that the
results obtained warrant the expenditure. Under
the best conditions, nuisance from this trade is bound
to exist at times, but the Council's system reduces this
to a minimum.
During the year there have been collected 3098
pails of Fish Offal, for which the Council has received
£39 3s. 6d.
The amount collected, however, was £42 6s. 7d.,
which sum includes the arrears incurred during the
Small Pox epidemic 1902.
WATER SUPPLY.
Samples of Pump Water were taken from time to
time, and submitted for analysis.
There are very few pumps remaining in the
district. Where these exist, the water supply to the
w.c.'s is intercepted by flushing cisterns.
At a number of cottages, the drinking water is
supplied directly from the main. This does away with
the liability to contamination by dirty cisterns. Many
of the cisterns are fixed in such a position as not to be
easily accessible. In houses where hot and cold water
is used, cisterns are of course a necessity.
I should much like to see a standard cistern (with
syphonic action), adopted for flushing all w.c.'s. At