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11
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The detailed statement at the end of my report will give some
idea of the work done under this heading during the year:—
289 Houses Inspected (Systematic Inspection.)
59 Complaints with respect to alleged Nuisances.
304 Visits to Infectious Cases.
194 Visits to Tuberculosis Cases.
305 Visits to Slaughterhouses.
421 Rooms disinfected.
2356 Articles disinfected.
1146 Letters written.
1196 Enquiries into births.
1184 Letters received and filed.
1009 Birth cases followed up and re-visited.
83 Enquiries into Deaths of children under one year.
It will be noted that the number of houses inspected is slightly
lower than last year, but the other work is more than maintained.
This was due to unforeseen circumstances.
Towards the end of August, Mr. Hill, the Assistant Inspector,
left. About the same time, Mr. Stanbury, the Chief Assistant
Inspector, was taken ill with "sewer gas poisoning," and Mr. Adams,
the Chief Inspector, had to be brought back to town before the
completion of his well-earned holiday, to carry on the work.
The Chief Assistant was off duty for five weeks, while we were
without an Assistant Inspector for just over two months, the Chief
Inspector having to carry on all the out-door work until the return
of Mr, Stanbury.
I desire here to record my thanks to Mr. Hill (the late Assistant
Inspector), who had already left the Council's employ, but who came