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10
Sewage Disposal.—The steady growth
of the District will render the satisfactory
disposal of sewage an increasingly difficult matter.
However, the Council has now under consideration
a large scheme which will render the Sewage
Farm equal to any demands that may be made
upon it in the future. The effluent from the Farm
continues to be very satisfactory.
The Sewage Farm has an available area of
about forty-six acres, for an estimated population
of 11,800. It was originally intended and used as
a brodd irrigation farm. But this method of
treating the sewage has for all practical purposes
become obsolete, and the sewage is now doubly
treated, first by irrigation, followed by filtration
through beds of coke breeze.
Disposal of House Refuse.—This is
effected by carts which make house to house
, collections once a week, except in the centre, for
shops, where a daily removal of trade refuse is
practised. I would again suggest that the carts
should be covered in to prevent dust and filth
being scattered about by strong winds.
The Education Act of 1907, which requires
the Medical inspection of Children in Public
Elementary Schools, opens up a new era in