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It is highly satisfactory in the dim and distant
hope of an Isolation Hospital for the district, to see
how much can be done in preventing the spread of
infectious diseases by strict precautions in isolating
the patient, the free use of disinfectants, cleanliness
and abundance of fresh air.
In every case the premises were thoroughly
fumigated and disinfected by the Sanitary Inspector,
and the necessary cleansing and renovating
carried out under supervision.
Streets made up
since last
Report.
Since my last report four private streets have
been made up, and the Avenue put into satisfactory
condition. I understand that plans of four more
streets have been prepared by the Surveyor, and
that these will be made up this year. The state
of Spencer Road is particularly bad, and in wet
weather is almost impassable for vehicles, and only
so to pedestrians at the cost of much discomfort.
High Street
Improvements.
The works for the improvement of the High
Street are now well in hand, and when completed
will be a vast improvement to the place, and must
conduce to its advancement in prosperity and wellbeing.
More Ventilating
Shafts
erected to
Sewers.
Five new steel ventilating shafts, each 25ft.
high, have been erected to the sewers: one in
Byron Road, two in Wolseley Road, and two on
the Ferndale Estate. The sewers have been
flushed fortnightly throughout the year, and in
summer time more frequently.
New Scheme for
Improving
Sewage Farm.
The new scheme for the improvement of the
Sewage Farm is now before the Local Government
Board. It provides for a duplicate system
of precipitation tanks, filter beds, and pumping
machinery, as also for the entire re-draining of the
old field. This is an expensive item but is rendered
absolutely necessary by the utterly inadequate
capacity of the old system to deal with the largely
increased amount of sewage material, which the
growth of the population has thrown upon it.