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The Council undertake to remove trade-refuse; a small
charge is made, based on the estimated cost of removal.
Notes Upon Sanitary Work Performed During the
Year.
During the year 1904, 1,236 premises were inspected for
conditions injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary
conditions, varying in their nature from comparatively trivial
to grave, were discovered in 754 instances.
A statement of the work done under the Nuisances Sections
of the Public Health Act will be found in the appended
report of the Sanitary Inspector.
Analyses performed during the year included:—
Samples of effluent from the Sewage Farm. These were
chemically examined and found satisfactory in each case.
A sample of the public water-supply taken each month.
These samples were drawn from stand-pipes in various parts
of the District, and the results of analysis have, without
exception, been very satisfactory.
A sample from a shallow well supplying four cottages.
This showed evidence of pollution, and was condemned. The
public water-supply has since been laid on.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Slaughterhouses.—These have
been periodically inspected, and they are generally kept in
a satisfactory condition. Structural improvements have been
carried out in several instances. A full list of these premises
(together with the Bakehouses) is appended.