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SCAVENGING AND WATERING.
Practically all the streets in the Borough rcceive daily attention and the more important
thoroughfares are swept several times daily; mechanical watering vehicles are employed in the
summer and gullies are mechanically cleansed by a modern machine.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
During the year the staff numbered one senior inspector responsible for all new drainage
work, ten district inspectors, one woman inspector and one food and drugs inspector. In November,
three temporary inspectors were appointed to release three of the permanent staff for
house-to-house inspection of a proposed re-development area and afterwards to release the staff
in turn for work in connection with the Overcrowding Survey under the Housing Act, 1930.
DWELLING HOUSES.
The following table shows the number and nature of inspections carried out by the
. sanitary inspectors during the year.