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Notices were served on the owners of piggeries in the North,
South, and East Roads, to comply with the new Bye-laws, which
prohibit the keeping of swine within 100 feet of a dwelling
house.
The result was that in the East Road 3 piggeries containing 41
pigs were abolished.
In the North Roar] one piggery containing 17 pigs was removed
to over 100 feet, and another with 5 pigs was abolished.
In the South Road 9 piggeries containing 57 pigs wore dealt
with; 5 were abolished, and 4 were re-erected outside the
prescribed distance.
The keeping of pigs in such numbers in these roads was a
serious nuisance, and it would be a good thing if the prohibitive
distance were further extended to 150 feet.
SANITARY WORK
The Sanitary work done this year exceeds by far that done in
any previous year. Table 1 shows at a glance the summary of
work.
Several groups of houses have been entirely re-drained.
A block of 23 houses between the Russell, Pelham, Palmerston,
and Dryden Roads have been put into thorough repair, and new
drainage and Sanitary fittings provided throughout. Some of the
internal surfaces of the walls were very filthy, and had as many
as 10 coats of decomposing wall paper on them.
Similiar work was done to a row of eight houses in the
Thurstan Road.
Twelve houses Pelham Road
Nine „ South „
Five „
Three „ Palmerston Road
Four „
Five „ Durham „
Seven „ Kingston „