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Sanitary Administration of the District. 33

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
The staff of the Public Health Department consists of:—
An Inspector of Nuisances, whose duties are inspections
under the Housings Regulations, the Factory and Workshops Act,
the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders, etc. The inspections
under the Housing Acts are carried out in a most thorough and
tactful manner. On visiting, with Mr. Grylls, many of the houses
in the poorer localities, it is refreshing to observe the welcome
afforded to an inspector who has for so many years been doing such
good work for the improvement of their homes and surroundings.
He also deals with Marine Stores, Servants' Registry Offices and
premises licensed for the Storage of Petroleum.
An Assistant Inspector, whose duties comprise visits to
premises where cases of notifiable disease have occurred,
disinfecting, inspecting the premises and supervising the execution
of works done in consequence of notices served. Visits to the houses
of consumptives, where he carries out his duties in an unostentatious
manner. Other duties performed by this officer are the supervision
of the partial or entire reconstruction of drainage systems, as a
result of notices from this department. The thorough practical
knowledge possessed by this inspector in drainage and building