INSANITARY SPOTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 64, 16 March 1900, Page 2

INSANITARY SPOTS.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln your issue of the 14th inst.it a stated that "the sanitary inspectors hav# been instructed to prosecute in c*s 5 where sanitary requirements are ,as;,.-. warded." How does this rule work when the authorities themselves are the often-,-. ders? There are plague spots in this « which are at once a menace to the PuW health and a disgrace to the community* The choked drain at the foot of Hat-greaves-street, Freeman's Bay, is one c these fever beds which scores of P?M>...... have to closely pass daily. En passant. may state that the City Council -wcr? written to re this matter nearly V months since; the only thing th'? t:lu^ been done to remedy tho complaint is '-'^ the City Council communicated with «'»- Harbour Board, through whose land UIJ ■:, drain passes. There is evidently a dispu'? as to who should defray the cost o£ M 9 work. At a time like the present, w'^fj the city is threatened with a drea<U<»:; plague, it is imperative that the pou^1 * that be should act with promptitude-' l am, «tc, . ■?'* '