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To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg- to present to you my Eighth Annual
Report, for the year ending December 31st, 1903,
showing the action taken and the amount of work
done in the abatement of nuisances under the provisions
of the Public Health Acts, the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, and the Bye-laws in force in
the District.
Summary of Work Done.
Number of houses and premises inspected 311
„ Visits to works in progress 1837
„ „ Schools 6
,, ,, Bakehouses 35
,, ,, Slaughter houses 57
,, „ Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 31
„ „ Workshops and workplaces 144
,, „ re cases of infectious disease 61
., Miscellaneous inspections 241
., Drains examined under section 41 of the Public
Health Act, 1875 64
„ Drains tested with water 102
„ „ „ „ smoke 40
,, Houses and premises disinfected 57
,, Complaints received and attended to 125
„ Preliminary notices served 119
„ Legal notices served 237
,, Letters written on the business of the
department 611
,, Plans of houses re-drained prepared 117
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