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Water Supply.
The Water Supply for the District is obtained from the Metropolitan
Water Board, which has taken over the Kent Water Company.
House Refuse Removal.
All house refuse is removed twice a week by the Council. It is placed
in pails, etc., in the forecourts of the houses, or on the kerb, by the occupiers.
During the year 5,329 loads were thus removed, and were deposited in a
gravel pit, or on the marsh land. In the near future some fresh arrange
ment should be made for the disposal of this material, as the available places
for this are rapidly being filled up.
Cow Sheds and Milk Shops.
There are 8 Cowsheds, about 90 Cows, and 21 Dairymen and Purveyors
of Milk in the district. The Cowsheds and Milk Stores have been under
constant inspection and found clean.
Slaughter Houses.
There are only four Registered Slaughter-houses in the district, these
have been regularly inspected and found clean.
Bakehouses.
There are 14 Bakehouses in the District, all of them above ground. They
have been regularly inspected and found clean.
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
The four houses referred to by the late Medical Officer of Health, in his
report for 1903, as having been condemned by him, were finally closed during
March, 1904, under closing orders obtained at the Dartford Petty Sessions
on March 4th.
Factories and Workshops Act, 1901.
The Factories and Workshops in the district have been inspected during
the year and found in Sanitary condition.
Factories—Offensive Trades.
The various Factories, viz.:— Fish Guano, Chemical Manure, Fat
Extraction, Viscoid, have been regularly inspected and found in Sanitary
condition.
I submit herewith synopsis of work done by the Inspector of Nuisances.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
A. E. JERMAN.
Medical Officer of Health.