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was one of considerable difficulty, due to the fact that the
particular trade effluent had undergone fermentive and
putrefactive changes due to storage, before being passed into
the sewers. This storage of the waste product is intimately
connected with Government Regulations relating to Customs
and Excise, and at the time of writing, I am awaiting a
decision by the Department concerned, permitting the
immediate discharge of the effluent into the sewers, prior to
the changes above referred to taking place.
4. Closet Accommodation.—Closet accommodation
throughout the district is on the water carriage system, all
houses with the exception of two or three having their drains
connected to the Council's sewers.
5. Scavenging.—The scavenging in the district and
the collection of house refuse is under the supervision of the
Works Department. A weekly collection of house refuse is
in force throughout the district, and the method of disposal
is by cremation by means of a Horsfall Destructor at the
Council's River Depot.
Details of the quantity of house refuse dealt with
during the past year has been supplied to me by Mr. Abbott,
as under:—
Quantity of house refuse dealt with 9,448 tons.
Quantity of trade refuse dealt with 307 tons
The Council's Bye-laws require that all houses should
be provided with moveable ashbins with proper coverings.
The number of such ashbins that have been put in by owners
of property, under notice from this Department, is set out in
the tabular statement appended:—
6—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Tabular Statement of Work of Sanitary Department
—1925.
Inspections—
Number of premises inspected on complaint 486
Number of premises inspected in connection
with Infectious Disease 55
Number of premises under periodical inspection
234