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Drains cleared 28
Drains repaired or reconstructed 44
Inspection chambers repaired or reconstructed 35
Soil or vent pipes repaired or renewed 9
Gullies, channels and fenders repaired or renewed 37
Water Closet pans, fittings, repaired or renewed 45
Sinks, waste pipes, etc., repaired or renewed 9
Storage cisterns, cleansed, repaired or renewed 7
Water services, repaired, renewed or re-instated 12
Dustbins renewed 7
Refuse accumulations removed 6
Animals and fowls.; nuisances from improper keeping 8
Rodent infestations treated 114
Other infestations treated 30
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1956.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE. INVESTIGATION AND DISINFECTION.
Investigations have been carried out of the more important cases of infectious
disease and twenty-six premises have been disinfected.
Two hundred and sixty-nine library books were disinfected before return to
libraries.
During the year a revision of the Tuberculosis Register was effected with the
result that approximately one hundred and ten names were deleted because of
recoveries, removals from the district etc., leaving at the 31st December one
hundred and sixty-three cases on the Register. Where necessary, relevant information
was passed to the appropriate authority.
DAIRIES. COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
In the latter half of the year, various new Milk and Dairies Regulations were
issued bringing into force earlier legislation.
The control of dairy farms and dairy farmers is now vested directly in the
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in succession to the local and county council
authorities.
The local authority is still left with the registration and inspection of milk
distributors and other dairy premises not directly connected with the production
side, and licensing for the sale of Designated Milks. No fees are now payable for
such licences. Dairy farms are not, however, eliminated from the list of premises
which may be visited by the Public Health Department as the law regarding nuisances
etc., remains unchanged.
These Regulations are a further step in the long term policy of improving the
general handling and bacteriological standards of milk.