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A statement of the work done under the Nuisances Sections
of the Public Health Act will be seen in the appended
Report of the Sanitary Inspector. It will be noted that during
the year 23 different houses were found to be overcrowded :
and 4 houses were closed as unfit for human habitation.
Analyses performed during the year include:—
A large number of effluents from the Sewage Farm were
chemically examined, and the results were satisfactory in each
case.
Forty samples of mortar were analysed, and over one-third
of these were condemned as not complying with the bye-law.
By direction of the Council (in November, 1897), I have
taken samples of the public water supply monthly, and submitted
them to a careful analysis. Each sample has been
taken from a different stand-pipe, and the results of the
analyses have, without exception, been very satisfactory. Five
private supplies were examined, and two condemned.
All the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Slaughterhouses of the
District have been periodically inspected by myself, and, in
my opinion, they are generally kept in a satisfactory condition.
A full list of these premises (together with the
Bakehouses) is appended.
Factories and Workshops.
All the Workshops and Work-places in the District have
been inspected during the year. The majority of these 1 have
myself visited.
At the beginning of the year 1903 there were on the
Register 73 Workshops and Work places.