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the Council's horses were taken to the vans with a view to pulling
the vans out on to the highway, when the Police can deal with
them, but upon seeing we meant business the owners soon
decamped. The only remedy for this nuisance is to compel owners
of land to fence the land in and recognise their responsibilities.
The model Bye-Laws of the Local Government Board are in force
in the district, but are quite inadequate to deal with this nuisance.
SCHOOLS.
The Sanitary accommodation of all the Schools in the
District is periodically inspected to ensure an efficient state of
cleanliness at all times.
There are eight private schools in the District. These schools
are periodically inspected.
During the year one school was discontinued and one new
one opened.
In was found upon examination that the drainage at four of
the schools was defective, the proper notices were served and the
defects remedied.
Small defects in the sanitary fittings were found at the Elm
Road Schools, and were remedied.
It would be a step in the right direction if the Rules to be
observed in the planning and fitting up of Public and Elementary
Schools presented by the Board of Education were so worded as to
forbid the system of trough closets in Schools. Owing to the
irregular flush and certain parts of the apparatus which become
splashed with faecal matter and which cannot be removed automatically,
these closets are liable to become serious nuisances and
a danger to the school children. Separate water-closets each provided
with apparatus for flushing by the users are much preferable.
DISINFECTION.
The rooms and bedding, clothes, etc., have been disinfected in
107 cases of infectious disease upon removal to the Isolation