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During 1926, collection of house refuse has continued week???
as before, and was disposed of by means of a dump in the Staine???
Road. In addition to this, a large gravel pit on the Worp???
Estate which was frequently being complained of in the past ???
a breeding ground for mosquitoes, was utilised as a dum???
During hot weather this caused numerous complaints from til???
inhabitants particularly in Crane Avenue, and also in Haliburt???
Road. Apart from the smell the chief complaint was of a plag???
of flies. I inspected the houses on both sides of the river.???
the Haliburton Road side some of the houses were comparative???
free, others were suffering from the plague of flies. In Crai???
Avenue the condition was intolerable. The majority of the ???
houses even though well kept were swarming with flies. In son???
cases the marks of the flies on the walls were so numerous tha???
the tenants demanded that they should be redecorated. On in???
specting the houses further away from the river there was a ???
question that the fly trouble was arising from the dump. The ???
East side of Crane Avenue was actually considerably less trouble???
than the West side, and in Worple Avenue and the road approach???
ing Twickenham Road there was nothing to be complained o???
I arranged with the Surveyor at once to spray every load that wa???
tipped with Chloros and later with Izal, and this eased the situa???
tion. There was no doubt that a certain amount of the troub???
had been caused by the Surveyor's instructions not being strict???
carried out, in that during the tipping the earth covering wa???
broken through by the horses in manipulating the carts-, and ii???
some cases by the wheels getting off the sleeper track laid for th???
purpose of tipping.
During the year as a result of action taken there wev???
supplied 87 new ashbins.
Sanitary Inspection of District.
See pages 29—34.