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The following articles have been surrendered and destroyed:—
1 Box Skate.
1 Box Haddocks.
1 Box Mackerel.
1 Box Flat Fish (3 cwt.)
1 Box Halibut.
1 Box Codlings.
2 Boxes Pears (3 qrs.)
1 Bushel Apples.
1 Coster's Barrow of Cauliflowers (about 300.)
Visits paid to premises other than Slaughterhouses 255
Your Chief Inspector and Chief Assistant both hold the Special
Certificate for Meat and Food Inspection.
Removal of House Refuse.
The collection of House Refuse is under the control of this
Department, while the disposal of the same at the Destructor is
under the control of the Surveyor.
The District is divided into eight divisions, with one van,
driver and dustman to each division. The vans are the property of
the Council, a Contractor supplying the horse and driver. We find
this a most economical method of collecting, and the dustmen being
under our direct control ensures efficiency in the work.
The evidence of this is that during the year only 12 complaints
were received of non-collection of House Refuse, while in 1912
the number was 20.
Enquiry into each of these complaints was made, and it was
found that the fault was not always with the Dustman.
The Refuse is collected weekly, with a daily collection from
shops and business premises, when the Refuse is placed on the
footway for collection.