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MEWS.
I strongly recommend that all roadways at the rear of shops
should be properly paved and drained before the premises are passed
as fit for occupation. During the past years numerous complaints
have been made by occupiers of adjacent houses owing to the
insanitary state of these roadways. Many of these nuisances have
been abated, but I am of opinion that the paving should always be
done in the first instance by the owner, and not, as at present is the
case, by the occupier under compulsion.
In conclusion, little remains to be said. The health of the District
is, generally speaking, good, these wet seasons not being without their
advantages. But I cannot close without expressing my thanks to
Mr. Miller and his able staff for the very prompt and most efficient
manner in which they have invariably carried out the multifarious
duties of the Sanitary Department.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
A. F. PESKETT,
Medical Officer of Health.
March, 1904.