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The household drainage throughout the town is modern
and only in unsewered districts do cesspools exist. There
are 6 cesspools and 4 earth closets.
Certain trade premises possessed earth closets, but these
have happily now been abolished by the Health Department
during the year.
Scavenging.
House refuse is collected by horse traction once weekly
by Council workmen. Moveable ashbins with proper coverings
exist throughout the Borough and the average collection
amounts to 190 tons per week. Non-combustible trade refuse
is not collected.
The more frequent removal of house refuse is desirable
during the summer months, and I would like to see easier
facilities for the removal of garden refuse and offensive trade
refuse such as fish offal. Without this, refuse will be tipped
by irresponsible persons on vacant pieces of land and thus
left for the Health Department to discover and abate the
nuisance which generally arises.
A Horsfall destructor exists at Waldo Road Depot and
has recently had extensive repairs carried out. In my
opinion extension of destructor plant is necessary.
Sanitary Inspection of Districts.
Mr. Butler, the Senior Sanitary Inspector, who has now
been in your service for 32 years, has compiled the two Tables
VII. & VIII. which appear in the appendix. A perusal of them
will indicate the very efficient work carried out by the two
inspectors, often in the face of great difficulties. The success
in the abatement of 2,809 nuisances is an indication, not only
of the respect traders and others have for Mr. Butler, but is