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During the first eight months of the year the
efficiency of the Department was retarded by the
insufficiency of office accommodation, but in August
new offices were provided to house the staff of the
Public Health Department, and the improved
accommodation has tended to much better administration
and more congenial surroundings for the
staff.
It will be observed that the number of animals
slaughtered in the Borough has again fallen. During
the last ten years there has been a steady decline
in the number of animals killed in the Borough, but
there has been no relaxation of inspection of all
animals killed and of meat exposed for sale in the
shops.
Little difficulty has been experienced in securing
the compliance with Housing and Public
Health notices served, and the relations between
your Officers and property owners have been good.
It is unfortunate that large numbers of owners
of new houses are finding it necessary to take in
a second family in order to meet their financial
commitments. In many of these cases small
front bedrooms are being converted into kitchens
and in a number it was found that the waste pipes
had been arranged to discharge into the surface
water instead of the soil sewer, and without any
notice being given to the Council of the execution
of drainage work. The known cases have been
remedied.
Proceedings were necessary in one case as a
warning to builders operating in the Borough that
notice must be given of drainage work being done
by them.
The maintenance of the Council's Housing