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Letters were sent to well over 100 owners of properties explaining
the advantage of connecting to the new sewers before the roads
were made up, and many visits were made in answer to enquiries.
Due to the painstaking work of the District Inspector, it can be said
now that results were highly satisfactory but the actual record of
connections will appear in my next Report.
Thirty-eight cesspools were abolished and these were mainly at
premises where connections were made to existing sewers in other
parts of the district.
One of the limiting factors affecting the speedy completion of
this programme is the apparent shortage of drainage contractors to
tackle the volume of work and several owners have reported that
letters to more than half a dozen contractors have brought no replies
whatever.
Nevertheless, a steady progress is being made and it is anticipated
that the number of conversions in 1960 will far exceed the
annual figure of past years.
Number of cesspools at 31st December, 1959 :
(1) On line of sewer 101
(2) Not on line of sewer 2,375
Number of cesspools abolished and main drainage provided during
the year 38
Number of houses with pail closets converted to cesspool drainage 1
Number of new houses erected with cesspool drainage 48
Number of loads removed from cesspools :—
On private properties 5,129
On requisitioned properties 136
On Council properties 565
5,830
Complaints.
During the year, 28 complaints were received from residents, but
in no case was it necessary to take formal action to secure abatement
of the nuisance.
Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order, 1957.
Briefly the object of this Order is to prevent the spread of Foot
and Mouth and other diseases of animals. The Order provides, inter
alia, that where persons collect waste foods for feeding to
animals or poultry, the foods must first be boiled for one hour in a
Plant licensed by the Local Authority. Three Boiling Plants were
licensed during 1959, making a total of forty-one licences issued
under this Order.