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Sanitary Circumstances.
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In addition to the Surveyor's certificate, a second should be
supplied by the Health Authority stating that the house is fit for
human habitation.
Seeing that so many dirty and squalid houses are due to the
neglect of the tenant and not to the landlord, the following section
(46) of the Public Health Act 1875 may be applied.
It states that "If the Medical Officer of Health or two medical
practitioners certify that any house, or part of a house, is so filthy
as to endanger health, or that the whitewashing, cleansing or
purifying thereof would tend to prevent infectious disease, the
sanitary authority may require the owner or occupier to cleanse,
etc., and in his default may do what is necessary and recover
expenses." In the majority of cases, however, notices have been
served on the landlord, e.g., after infectious disease.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
The water-carriage system prevails throughout the district, with
a separate system for storm water. New sewers have been laid in
Treen Avenue, Gilpin Avenue and Fife Road. *
REFUSE DESTRUCTOR.
The number of loads of house refuse collected during the year
amounts to 10,474, and this was all consumed by the destructor.
The clinker is to be disposed of by laying down a slab making and
pressing plant.