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DISINFECTION.
Disinfection is carried out by means of the
Formalin Spray. This was done in all cases
of Infectious Disease, also in some instances
where death had occurred from Phthisis and
Cancer. Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., are
sprayed with Formalin or are steeped in Jeyes'
Fluid.
GENERAL HOUSING AND HOUSING OF THE
WORKING CLASSES.
General inspections were made from time to
time besides those made in connection with complaints
received.
Your Sanitary Inspector made some 6,000
inspections during the year.
I myself made between 350 and 400 inspections,
generally in company with your Sanitary
Inspector and was again pleased to find the
houses of the working classes, on the whole, so
well kept.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
There are 14 factories in the district where
machinery is used, and 36 workshops and workplaces.
In ten instances defects (mostly of a minor
character) were found, and these were promptly
remedied upon notice being given to the occupiers.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
There are five dairies, seven cowsheds and
twenty-one milkshops in the district.
Inspections were periodically made of these
premises, at one I had occasion to make some
strong complaints, and to eventually get a statutory
notice served upon the occupier before the nuisance
was abated.