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Orders. Before the applications were submitted to the Public
Health Committee by the Medical Officer of Health, the
premises at which it was proposed to carry ou business were in
each case inspected in order to ascertain whether they were of
a suitable character from the points of view of lighting, ventilation,
cleanliness, drainage, water supply, etc. In certain
cases minor alterations were required in order to make them
comply with the Regulations of the Local Authority.
Periodical inspections have been made of all the premises
of dairymen and purveyors of milk in the district, during
which 12 matters were discovered which required to be dealt
with by the Department, consisting chiefly of the necessity of
white-washing and cleansing, and the provision or repairing of
paving adjoining milk stores. All the necessary work was
satisfactorily carried out by the persons responsible without it
being necessary to serve Statutory Notices.
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.—During the year
visits for the purpose of investigating cases of notifiable infectious
disease were made to 326 houses. Special visits were
also made, as required, for the purpose of following up and
inquiring after the health of persons who had been passengers
on vessels coming to this country, on which cases of infectious
disease had occurred, and of which notice had been received
from the Port Sanitary Authorities concerned. The information
obtained was handed to the Medical Officer of Health.
At 57 houses from which cases of notifiable infectious
disease had been reported, defective drains, or other insanitary
conditions were found to exist, all of which were subsequently
remedied under the supervision of the officers of the Department.
Disinfections of rooms, bedding, clothing, etc., was duly
carried out after the removal to hospital or recovery of eacli
patient. Where necessary the walls of the rooms from which
the cases had been removed were stripped and re-papered.
The number of rooms disinfected was 876, and the number
of articles of bedding, wearing apparel, etc., 14,497, full
details of which are given in the Report of the Medical Officer
of Health under the heading of "Disinfection."
School Disinfection.—All the Public Elementary Schools
in the district were thoroughly disinfected during the Summer
Vacation.
Yard Paving.—At houses where general nuisances or
insanitary conditions were discovered, especially in the poorer
parts of the district, special attention was given to the
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