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CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT.
By the authority of Section 26, 53 & 54, Vic. c. 8
and Section 11. 3 Ed. VII c 46, exemption from Inhabited
House Duty is granted to Owners of tenements of an annual
value of less than £10 if the Medical Officer of Health is
satisfied that they afford suitable accommodation for each of
the families or persons dwelling therein and that due provision
is made for their sanitary requirements.
During the past year 103 tenements have been visited
and examined. Certificates were granted to 27, the remainder
were considered to be unsatisfactory.
DISINFECTION.
House disinfection is carried out by spraying with a
solution of a coal tar disinfectant of guaranteed bactericidal
efficiency. During the past year, 1,175 premises or rooms were
disinfected by this method For articles needing steam disinfection,
a Thresh's Current Steam Disinfector is used.
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