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212 6 JANUARY, 1892.
(4) That your Commitee resolved to recommend—That the
time allowed by such notices for the execution of the works
be as follows:
(a) For cleansing drains—48 hours;
(b) The other sanitary works—28 days
from the service of the Notices; and that proceedings be
taken against such of the persons on whom such Notices are
served, who fail to carry out the requirements of such Notices,
and that the Chairman sign the necessary Orders in each
particular case, empowering the Sanitary Inspector for the
district in which the premises are situate, to make complaints
and take proceedings on behalf of the V estry.
(5) That inasmuch as the Engine which has been on hire from
Messrs. Merryweather will be of great service in cleansing
sewers, and also for the purpose of disinfection of clothing,
&c., and removal of snow, your Committee beg to recommend
—That the Engine on hire from Messrs. Merryweather, for
cleansing sewers, be purchased at a cost of £150.
(6) That your Committee considered Reports from your Medical
Officer of Health and Surveyor, on the subject of the disinfection
of the articles of clothing, &c., after infectious diseases,
by the apparatus used by your Board, and resolved to recommend—That
the doors, &c., of the Disinfecting Oven on Riga
Wharf be altered, and a boiler provided, so that steam may
be used in the disinfecting of articles after infectious disease;
the estimated cost being, in the event of the Engine being
purchased from Messrs. Merryweather, £20, but otherwise
£70.
(7) That your Committee, pursuant to the reference of your
Board, considered as to the purchase of Hose, and resolved
to recommend—That three lengths of Hose be purchased of
Messrs. Merryweather for the cleansing of sewers, at an
estimated cost of £24.
(8) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.: