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DUST REMOVAL.
Under their contract with the Vestry the Dust Contractors
are required to send a covered cart to each house
in the Parish at least once in every week for the removal
of dust, ashes and house refuse. In addition a cart passes
through each street on certain other days in the week. If
any difficulty is experienced in obtaining a removal of
refuse, application should be made at the Vestry Hall.
The removal of house refuse would be greatly facilitated
by the general adoption of portable dust receptacles. These
should not on any account be placed in the street, but kept
within the householder's premises in some convenient place
readily accessible to the dustmen. They should not be so
large as not to admit of being taken up by a man unaided.
The refuse would thus be removed bodily and speedily,
avoiding the dirt and unpleasantness inseparable from the
system of transferring the contents of a dustbin to a basket
for removal.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATION.
During the year ended at Lady-day, 161 certificates were
received by the Medical Officer of Health relating to
Parishioners suffering from infectious disease, viz. :—
Small Pox 1
Scarlatina 10
Diphtheria 39
Membraneous Croup 3
Erysipelas 17
Scarlet Fever75
Typhoid Fever 7
Continued Fever 1
Puerperal Fever 2
Enteric Fever 5
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria 1
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