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20 (16) of the General Order of the Local Government Board, minute
details of the defects found on inspection of the dwellings, all of
which have been remedied during the year.
Plans of new houses and alterations to buildings have to be
submitted for the approval of the District Council. The erection
of dwellings and other buildings is closely supervised by the Council's
Engineer and Building Inspectors. The bye-laws require that no
house is to be occupied until the drainage has been completed, and
each dwelling certified as in every respect fit for human habitation.
This requirement is very strictly observed, and a close watch is
also kept to prevent alterations which might be surreptitiously made.
There are no back-to-back houses in the District, the air-space
about dwellings is generally sufficient, and although we find considerable
difficulty in preventing the erection of sheds, fowl-pens,
rabbit-hutches, etc., in back yards and gardens, the figures I have
already given are, I think, a sufficient proof that constant and
adequate supervision is being excercised by the members of your
Health Department.
Twenty-four cases of overcrowding were discovered during the
year, in connection with which the usual notices were issued which
secured the abatement of the nuisance.
NUISANCES, Etc.
It will be seen from the particulars given in the Sanitary
Inspector's Report that a very large amount of work has been
carried out during the year in securing the removal of nuisances
and the improvement of sanitary conditions of the dwellings, which
must tend not only to the benefit of the District, but to the happiness
and well-being of the inhabitants.
METEOROLOGY.
The following instruments are installed at the Public Offices:—
Standard Fortin Barometer.
Maximum Thermometer
Minimum Thermometer
Standard Hygrometer. In a Stevenson s screen in grounds of the Public Offices.
Terrestrial Radiation Thermometer
Earth Thermometer In the grounds of the Offices.
Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder-
Rain Gauge
Solar Radiation Thermometer. In the grounds of the Public Offices.
Daily records have been taken by Mr. Boswell, assisted by
Messrs. Smith and Coulter, and monthly returns have been sent
to the Meteorological Office.
I have to thank Mr. John McEwen, J.P., F.R.Met.Soc., who, as
usual, has given me the benefit of his extensive knowledge and long
experience of Meteorology.