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The dual system continues to give rise to troubles as we still get
pollution in the surface water drains, which, I need hardly mention,
takes some considerable time to trace before the cause of pollution can
be found.
The usual flushing of sewers and combined drains is still carried
out, and the special flushing of the channels in the main road on Sunday
mornings, during the hot weather, with disinfectants and deodorants,
especially where the costers' barrows stand, and where vehicles draw up,
has been continued.
The following is a list of the drainage work carried out:—
Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc. 448
Drains unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc. 327
Waste pipes, rainwater pipes, disconnected,
repaired, etc. 75
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed 25
Existing soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 21
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted 22
Drains reconstructed 18
Cesspools emptied, cleansed, etc. 10
TEMPORARY HOSPITAL, DISINFECTING
STATION AND REMOVAL OF PATIENTS TO
HOSPITAL.
Another year has passed and the Temporary Hospital has fortunately
not been required for small-pox.
The Council's decision to remove the disinfecting-station from the
temporary Hospital to a more central position in the district, will, I
feel sure, be a great advantage. The old building now used for the
disinfecting apparatus has done good service, but is far from a
satisfactory disinfecting station.
I welcome the time when the proposed cleansing-station, will be at
work, and I sincerely trust it will not only be appreciated by the children,
but will have a salutary effect on the parents, for we are continually
visiting the homes of those parents who allow their children to get into
this condition, and the result is to make some of them keep themselves
and their rooms cleaner for a time, while others, move and re-move
to evade inspection. To prosecute and fine this class of people is useless.