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were closed down during the early part of 1936. All sewage now passes into
the main sewers included in the above scheme. Work has also been commenced
upon a comprehensive scheme for the surface water drainage of the north side
of the district.
Excepting in portions of the district not fully developed, the whole of
the houses are supplied with water closets and are drained to the sewerage
system.
Public Cleansing.
The whole of the district is scavenged directly by the Council. House
refuse is collected in low-loading covered mechanically-drawn vehicles and is
transported to an incinerator which deals adequately with the work. During
the year a total of 8,746 tons of refuse were removed from the houses in the
district.
Householders have been asked to keep separate their old newspapers
and these are collected by the Council, baled and sold.
No cesspools are emptied or cleansed by the local authority, the few
which remain in the district being supervised by their owners.
Closet Accommodation.
Thirty-one closets, from houses not on the water carriage system, still
require to be emptied each week. Thirty of these are emptied by the Surveyor's
Department. In addition there are seven trade premises not on the water
carriage system, two of which have chemical closets and five dry earth closets
which are attended to by the owners.
One set of four closets was converted from chemical closets to the water
carriage system during the year. The number of non water-closet systems
remaining at the end of the year was as follows: 36 earth closets, no privies
no pail closets, and two chemical closets.
There are 11 cesspools in the district, six of which serve private houses
and live of which serve trade premises.
Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The total number of inspections of premises made in connection with
the work of the Health Department during the year was 17,947.
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