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Bye-Laws for
Regulation
of Slaughter
Houses, etc.
Milk,
in reference to
transmission of
Disease.
The recent adoption by the Council of byelaws
for the regulation of Slaughter Houses, Cow
Sheds, Dairies, Milk Shops, &c., will enable us to
deal with this important section of sanitary work
in a more satisfactory manner than previously.
Nothing has been more clearly established than
that milk is frequently an important factor in the
transmission of disease, and this emphasises the
extreme importance of providing a sanitary environment
for the cow. There is great danger of the
conveyance of tuberculosis, and to prevent this the
udders of cows should be carefully watched, as
this is the chief source of danger, and any signs of
disease in these organs noted and reported
immediately.
Chemical and
Bacteriological
Examination
of Drinking
Water.
The terrible epidemics of Typhoid Fever at
Maidstone and other places during the last year has
given considerable anxiety to Sanitary Authorities
generally in regard to the water supply of their
districts, and it is very satisfactory to know that the
Wealdstone Council has not been behindhand in
recognizing its obligations in this matter, and that
arrangements have been made for a periodical, chemical
and bacteriological examination of our drinking water
by a fully competent authority. I have recently had
the pleasure of submitting the result of the first
examination, which was of a very favourable nature,
to your notice.
New Houses,
&c.
Many new houses have been erected during the
year, the drainage of all of which has been carefully
tested by water, and the ventilators and soil pipes by
smoke. Any nuisances observed or reported have
been dealt with as they have arisen, and premises in an
insanitary state reported on and dealt with. The
systematic inspections of Dairies, &c , have been made
and reports thereon furnished to the Council.
In my last Annual Report I mentioned the improvement
of the Sewage Farm, provision of an
Isolation Hospital, the making up of certain roads
and footpaths, provision of a Burial Ground or
Cemetery, and more dwellings for the working classes,
as matters calling urgently for attention.