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I deposited of an infectious nature to await burial.
I body was received at my request by your mortuary attendant
from the bedroom of the parents.
In all cases where the bodies were unidentified, or the relatives
were too poor to pay for burial, Mr. Lowman, the relieving officer,
was at once notified, and he speedily arranged for interment.
In my last report I mentioned that the mortuary attendant's
residence was some ten minutes' walk from the mortuary. His
duties call him there both by day and by night. May I, therefore,
again suggest that a residence adjoining the Town Hall be provided
for him, and his salary adjusted accordingly. This would facilitate
his operations generally, and being on the spot he could keep a
closer watch on the Council's property.
DUST COLLECTION.
The depositing of house refuse has been discontinued in the brickfields,
and the whole of the house refuse during the year has been
shot on the Council's sewage farm. There is a quantity of house
refuse lying idle, which, if screened, would be a small asset to the
Council, being valuable to those engaged in the brick industry.
The Council agreed to allow a company to sort out and remove
the waste iron and tinned ware from the house refuse, on payment
to the Council of 2s. per ton. This material is only a trouble, and
useless to the Council, and since the arrangement in June last has
realised the sum of £4.
The number of complaints of non-removal of dust received was
36; these were all investigated. In several instances we found that
the occupiers had not been at home at the time of call.
151 dustbins were supplied, and only in one case was it necessary
to supply dustbins and recover the cost.