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Closet Accommodation
38 pail closets have been abolished during the year. The
drainage of 31 houses has been re-constructed. 33 cesspools
have been abolished. Approximately 20 pail closets remain
to be converted.
Camping Sites
There are no camping sites in your area and no licences
for same have been issued.
Public Cleansing
See Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report.
Shops
The Shops' Act, 1912-1936, have been carried out by
this Department. Details in Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report.
Smoke Abatement
No complaints received during the year.
Schools
The water supply is from the main and is satisfactory.
The drainage is to the main sewer. All cases of infectious
disease are notified to the Headmaster or Headmistress. The
cases and their contacts are excluded.
Eradication of Bed Bugs
(1) The number of Council houses infested 26
The number of Council houses disinfested 26
The number of other houses infested 27
The number of other houses disinfested 27
(2) The methods employed of freeing infested houses
from bugs are the removal of all wood-work and
spraying with chemicals—Pyagra or Cimex.
(3) All belongings inspected before removal to Council
houses and if necessary treated with insectide.
(4) The work of disinfection is carried out by the local
authority. In a few cases a specialist firm was engaged
to fumigate with Hydrogen Cyanide Gas.