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SECTION III.
ORDINARY SANITARY WORK OF THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
Staff.
Chief Inspector: W. Parsons, Cert. San. Inst.
Assistant Inspector: G. T. Norman, Cert. San. Inst.
Clerk and Disinfector: W. S. Parsons.
Systematic
Inspection.
During the year there were 3,192 inspections of
nuisances in course of abatement, 1,022 houses
inspected, 786 visits to cases of infectious diseases,
besides systematic inspections of slaughterhouses, milkshops, cowsheds,
bakehouses, &c. A summary is given at the end of this
Section.
Abatement of
Nuisances under the
Public Health Acts.
Details of work under this heading are given
at the end of this Section. Most of these abatements
were of a permanent nature.
Private
Slaughter
Houses.
There are 8 slaughter houses in the Borough.
They have been regularly inspected and found
satisfactory.
Meat.
Inspections of meat offered for the sale of food have
been made by the Veterinary Surgeon and Sanitary
Inspector, and a half-bushel of red currants were destroyed by order
of a Magistrate, but no proceedings taken. Thirteen sheep's hearts
were seized on December 29th, and the owner summoned before
the Magistrates during January, 1903.