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and that new Bye-laws, dealing with Tents, Vans and Sheds
should be framed. The Committee made the necessary recommendation
(Minute No. 2744), which was approved by the
Council, but up to the end of the year, these additional powers
had not been obtained.
In one of the worst yards, with respect to the number
of people on the site, four caravans have either been removed
from the ground or disused as dwellings, and on another site
the use of one van as a dwelling has been discontinued.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.—Eight applications
were received during the year from persons desirous of being
registered under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order,
and the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Thirty-one inspections have been made of the premises
of dairymen and purveyors of milk in the district, during
which one matter was discovered which required to be dealt
with by the Department.
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.—During the year,
visits for the purpose of investigating cases of notifiable infectious
disease were made to 226 houses. Special visits
were also made, as required, for the purpose of following up
and enquiring after the health of persons who had been passengers
on vessels coming to this country, on which cases of
infectious disease had occurred, and of which notice had been
received from the Port Sanitary Authorities concerned. The
information obtained was handed to the Medical Officer of
Health.
At 44 houses from which cases of notifiable infectious
disease had been reported, defective drains or other insanitary
conditions were found to exist, all of which were subsequently
remedied under the supervision of the officers of the Department.
Disinfection of rooms, bedding, clothing, etc., was duly
carried out after the removal to hospital or recovery of each
patient. Where necessary, the walls of the rooms from which
the cases had been removed were stripped and re-papered or
distempered.
The number of rooms disinfected was 540, and the number
of articles, bedding, wearing apparel, etc., 14,264, full
details of which are given in the Report of the Medical Officer
of Health under the heading of "Disinfection."
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