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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND COW-HOUSES.
There are 19 Slaughter-houses and 45 Cow-houses in the district. All
these have been repeatedly visited during the year and found to be in
such a cleanly condition that no opposition to the renewal of the licenses
was made.
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.
The following are some of the Sanitary Improvements that have been
carried out during the year:—
Water-supply provided to closets 1306
Yards that have been paved and repaired 608
Dust receptacles provided 747
Traps provided to sinks 181
Houses cleansed 76
Drains cleansed 195
Houses disinfected 294
Houses inspected 2119
There are many improvements which have been carried out other than
those mentioned, that necessarily present themselves in a large and
thickly populated district like ours, and which absorb much of the time
and attention of the Inspectors.
The house to house inspection has been continued in both the Eastern
and Western districts, and many Sanitary improvements have been
effected. From the above Table will be seen the various works done,
and although there are not so many as last year, it must be borne in
mind that we are now coming to better class houses, many of which are
in a good sanitary state, but, nevertheless, have to be inspected.
We have now been through the streets that are most thickly populated
in the Hamlet and the remainder are being taken in hand. In order to
get the necessary works completed, it entails far more work than one
would at first imagine, and the fact that so much has been done shows
that the Inspectors have not been idle.
HOUSES UNDER THE LODGING HOUSE ACT.
There are 56 houses under this Act in the Hamlet ; these have been
visited from time to time during the past year and their sanitary
condition attended to. I have not been made aware of any outbreak of
any Infectious disease occurring in them since my last report.
EGGS UNFIT FOR FOOD.
Your Sanitary Sub-Inspector seized about 20,000 Eggs which he
suspected were unfit for human food ; after inspecting them I quite
concurred, and they were at once taken before a Magistrate, who
condemned them. It is much to be regretted that eggs are not mentioned
as food in the Act (26 and 27 Vict., cap. 117), that being the case
we did not press for a prosecution.
Had it not been for the vigilance of your Sub-Inspector these Eggs
would, in all probability have been sold to the small shopkeepers in the
neighbourhood, and by that means been consumed and spread contagion,