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WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply from the Grand Junction
Water Company was satisfactory.
Three samples of well-water were analysed,
and one was found to be contaminated with organic
matter. The well was closed, and a supply
obtained from the Water Company.
OVERCROWDING.
Several investigations were made as to overcrowding.
In only one case a cottage was found
over-populated. After serving an order on the
owner and tenants, the former got rid of all the
inmates and let the cottage to another tenant.
DUST AND HOUSE REFUSE.
Applications continue to be received for a
more frequent removal of the contents of the
dustbins, but the expense of doing so has so far
debarred your Council from complying with the
request of the applicants.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
Eighty-one connections have been made to
the Sewerage System during the year, through
which the sewage from 130 new and 12 existing
houses will ultimately flow. This work has also
resulted in the disconnection and disuse of a
number of old cesspools. The Sewerage System
has been extended in Stanley Road for the purpose
of draining the Car Sheds. This has necessitated
the construction of a syphon under the railway
line. In several cases the surface water drains
have been relaid, cleansed, and in some cases, extended
; particularly in Victor Road, Wick Road,
Kingston Road, Kingston Lane, Hampton Road,
and Broad Street.