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should only be resorted to when it is impossible to do otherwise.
The whole question in fact is ambiguous and urgently needs the
attention of the legislature.
House Refuse Collection and Disposal.—The collection
and disposal of house refuse is carried out by the staff of the
Surveyor's Department, and the number of loads of house refuse
disposed of at the refuse destructor during the year was 9,334.
Several of the occupiers of Queen Alexandra's Court requested
the Corporation to collect house refuse at more frequent intervals
than once a week, and arrangements were made for a by-weekly
collection from these buildings and also Alwynne Mansions during
the months of June, July, August and September.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.—Thirteen applications
for registration as dairymen and purveyors of milk have been
received during the year, and such alterations to the premises as
were necessary to comply with the regulations carried out.
Three cowsheds have not been occupied during the year; at the
one in use the light and ventilation has been improved, the drain
inside the shed abolished, and a channel discharging over a gully
outside substituted. This shed was also found to be overcrowded,
and a statutory notice was served which had not been complied with
at the close of the year.
At the premises of two dairymen the drains and sanitary
arrangements have been entirely reconstructed.
On inspection the premises generally have been found in a
satisfactory condition. Only one notice was necessary to be served
for breach of regulations.
Slaughterhouses.—These (six in number) have been inspected
on several occasions during the year.
The trade is regularly carried on in the case of 3 of the
premises only.
Notices requiring the premises to be limewashed were sent
quarterly to the respective occupiers, and such notices were duly
complied with.
Some few years ago the occupier of a registered slaughterhouse
made application to the Local Authorities for a license to erect and
use new premises on the site of his existing old and dilapidated