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179 complaints with regard to alleged nuisances were
received during the year, and prompt attention was given to
each.
217 rooms were fumigated after infectious disease; and
3,008 articles, chiefly bedding and wearing apparel, were disinfected
in the Council's steam apparatus.
A large number of house drains were reconstructed, the
work being supervised in a thorough and satisfactory manner
by the Sanitary Inspector. A plan of each drain re-laid is
made by the Inspector, and this, together with all necessary
particulars, is filed for future reference. It is satisfactory to
be able to report that increasing use is being made of heavy
cast iron pipes in place of stoneware. The latter, although
their initial cost is less, have not infrequently proved more
expensive in the end, owing to defects arising through fracture
of the collars from expansion of the cement used in making
the joints.
The meat, fish, poultry, and fruit shops, and premises
where food is prepared for sale, have been kept under observation,
and the need for this supervision was evidenced on
several occasions by the finding of unsound food either deposited
or exposed for sale. The sanitary condition of the
premises also received attention.
A full statement of the work done under the Nuisance
Sections of the Public Health Acts, together with notes regarding
the dairies, slaughterhouses, etc., will be found in the
appended report of the Sanitary Inspector.
Factories and Workshops.
All the Workshops and Work-places in the District have
been inspected during the year, and various sanitary defects
remedied as a consequence.