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less gratifying than remarkable. But it is only right to state that
the happy result of this having been carried through without the
least resort to legal proceedings was largely due to the tact and
energy of Mr. Goodale, the Assistant Clerk, on whom the whole
organization of the work devolved.
It is worth mentioning that the secondary results of the
carrying through of this matter have been in themselves valuable
enough, inasmuch as practically a house-to-house inspection of the
whole district has been made for the Sanitary Department, and not
a few incidental defects in drains, etc., have been discovered and
amended.
Nuisances (Appendix C).
The general work usually referred to as that in connection
with nuisances, has, as in past years, been ably and systematically
conducted by Mr. Grylls.
That during 1905 practically no serious nuisances occurred
is sufficient evidence of the thoroughness with which the work has,
in former years, been done. The tables given in Appendix C, on
pages 50 and 52, shew, perhaps, better than I can here explain, how
greatly the routine work has of late increased, and how much
attention has been paid to the smaller, but not unimportant details
of sanitary administration.
Places over which the Council has supervision.
Those places over which special supervision is exercised by
the Sanitary Officers of the Council are Dairies, Milkshops, Cowsheds,
Slaughterhouses, Bakehouses and Petroleum Stores.
The statistical particulars relating to Dairies, Milkshops,
Cowsheds, Slaughterhouses and Petroleum Stores, will be found in