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When the Public Health Acts Amendment 1907 is in force
in the district (and one may anticipate that this will be so in the
near future) it will be desirable for the Corporation to declare the
trade of Fish Frying as an "Offensive Trade," and to prepare
new, or revise the existing Byelaws with regard to all the
Offensive Trades.
PIGGERIES.
Several premises where pigs were being kept in contravention
of the Byelaws came under observation during the year. The
request of the Board of Agriculture that the keeping of pigs
should be encouraged (providing that the public health is safeguarded)
was kept in mind when dealing with each case. In
most of the cases the styes were badly constructed, uudraiued, and
were dirty. After due notice the keeping of pigs was discontinued
at 5 premises.
Permission to erect a stye and to keep pigs was granted in
one case during the year.
RAG FLOCK ACT.
No samples of Rag Flock were taken for analysis during the
year.
CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1887 & 1884.
Two boats were inspected during the year. There were no
contraventions of the Acts discovered.
WELLS.
The number of wells used for drinking water and actually
known to exist in the Borough at the end of the year was 75.
There are probably many others, and some of the 75 known wells
provide drinking water to more than one house each. It is
estimated that 120 houses are supplied with water from wells.
6 samples of water were taken for analysis during the year,
aud the results are shown as under :—
Situation of Well. Result of Analysis.
Fairfield West Usable drinking water.
*Kings Road Usable drinking water
(polluted by coal gas)
Bearfield Road Usable drinking water.
Kings Road Organically pure water.
Mill Street Usable drinking water.
Fairfield West Usable but suspicious water.
Of the 6 premises 1, marked*, was provided with water from
the Metropolitan Water Board's mains by the end of the year.