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24 JUNE, 1891
houses and premises who fail to carry out the of your
Board in respect of the sanitary works within tw,chairman
days from the service of the notices, and that the Chairman
sign the necessary orders in each particular case, empowering
the Inspector of Nuisances for the districtin which
the premises are situate, to make complaints and take proceedings
on behalf of the Vestry.
(9) That Mr. Leshaw, one of your Inspectors under the
Adulteration of Food, &c. Acts, submitted certificates of your
Analyst certifying that samples of Mustard were admixed
with about 40 per cent. and 25 per cent, respectively of wheat
flour, and a sample of milk admixed with about 12 per cent.
of added water, and containing about 20 per cent, less than
the usual proportion of cream, and your Committee resolved
to recommend—That proceedings be taken against such
persons who sold such samples to your Inspector.
(10) That Mr. Cox, your Sanitary Inspector, reported as
follows:
"I also beg to report that I took out summonses
"against the owner of Nos. 17, 19, 21, 22 and 23, Lomas
" Buildings. The cases were conducted by your Clerk
"and after hearing the evidence of myself and your
" Medical Officer, the Magistrate made an order to close
" the houses forthwith and until such time as they
" should have been made lit for human habitation."
(11) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Notices served for sanitary amendments 126
„ „ Re infectious diseases 13
Houses inspected 163
„ re-inspected 70
„ disinfected 4
„ cleansed 17
Drains cleansed 7
„ rapped 2
„ constructed (new) 4
,, tested and found defective 3
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct
communication with the drains 3
Water supplies provided to closets 17
„ for domestic purposes disconnected
from those which supply the closets 36
Receptacles for dust provided 6
yards paved 4
Accumulation of manure removed 1
Sundry repairs 19
Signed
t. j. smith.
g. f. burge.
t. g. livermore.