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COUNCIL LABORATORY.
The following specimens were examined in the Laboratory
during the year 1916:—Diphtheria, 232; Tuberculosis, 192; Typhoid
Fever, 13; Ringworm, 34; Gonorrhoea, 5; Other diseases, 3;
Total, 479.
Two samples of water were analysed.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
The remarks which were made in last year's report with
regard to the water supply, drainage and sewerage, closet accommodation
and scavenging of the district, apply generally to the year
under report.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Some particulars of the work done are set out in the Appendix
to this report.
Nuisances, Contraventions of Bye-laws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of unremedied nuisances* brought forward from
1915 was 293. The number of nuisances recorded during the year
was 294, but during the year 297 nuisances were remedied, leaving
290 premises in which nuisances still existed at the end of the
year.
During the year, nuisances at 72 houses were reported to the
Health Committee, which, added to the 23 brought forward from
1915, make a tonal of 95. Statutory notices were authorised and
served in most of these cases, and by the end of the year, the
nuisances were remedied in 65 of the houses, leaving 30 cases to
be carried forward to 1917, 14 of them being cases already
brought forward from 1915.
* More properly, houses in which nuisances were found.
Premises and Occupations controlled by Bye-laws or
Regulations.
There are about 350 premises in this district which call for
periodical inspection such as the following:—