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A feature of the works is that frotn the time the crude sewage
enters the works till the effluent leaves the contact beds, it is
treated under cover thus minimising objectionable smell; and the
effluent yielded is very satisfactory.
In the western portion of the district, however, there are some
houses not yet linked up with the general system. It is to be
regretted that at the enquiry by the Ministry of Health during
1919, sanction was not forthcoming for the provision of a sewer
along the western portion of Bath Road, which would have enabled
houses in the vicinity to be connected with the general system of
sewerage. The present methods of drainage employed at these
houses are not satisfactory.
Closet Accommodation.
Accommodation on the water carriage system is almost general
throughout the district, 98 per cent, of the houses having water-
closets.
Scavenging.
This is carried out by the Local Authority and is under
control of the Surveyor. The refuse is collected weekly and is
disposed of by burning in a destructor.
During the year there were supplied 453 new ashbins, and 3
ashpits were abolished.
Sanitary Inspection of District.
Attention is directed to the Table on pages 46—51 where particulars
are set forth of the number and nature of premises visited, the
defects or nuisances discovered and the action or result of action
taken in regard to these. This forms part of the report rendered by
the Inspector of Nuisances for the year 1920.
Nuisances, Contraventions of Bye-laws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of premises on which nuisances were outstanding
at the end of 1919 was 602. To these, other 1,326 premises,
whereat nuisances were recorded in 1920, were added, giving a
total of 1,928 premises. Of these 1,363 had the nuisances remedied,
leaving 565 premises at which nuisances still existed at the end
of the year.