LYTTELTON BOARD OF HEALTH.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9433, 3 June 1896, Page 3

LYTTELTON BOARD OF HEALTH.

A special meeting of this Board w&a held on Monday evening. Present —His Worship the Mayor, and Crs. GrubD, Illingswortb. Hobden, Kadcliffe, Owen, Cook, Brice and Laurenaon.

The report of "the Sub-Committee appointed to go into the question of sanitation was ruad by Cγ. L&urenaon. Tho report stated that the general health of the borough was far from satisfactory. lufeotious diseases, particularly diphtheria, had been chronic in the borough for a number of years past. The remedy, for this state of affairs, and the bringing about of a' more healthy condition, were largely in the bands of the local Board of Health.

The Committee recommended—(a) That the Governor in Council be asked to make regulations for the registration and better inspection of dairies. The Committee had carefully considered and revised the regulations in force in the Auckland district: for the control of dairies, and those regulations and revisions were now considered clause by clause and adopted, (b) The Committee recommended that certain regulations should be enforced for the keeping of fowls within the borough. These regulations included among other things that fowl houses and pens must be 13 yards off any dwelling house, and 3 yards clear of any dividing fence. The floor* must be asphalted or cemented, the interior whitewashed, and the droppings placed in a receptacle weekly, to be taken away by the dust-cart. (c) All traps connected with main sewers to be ventilated and regularly cleared, the solid matter to be immediately removed. (d) The by-law requiting the regulation pan system of sanitation to be more strictly entorced. (c) A regular system of inspection and reports by the Inspector, (f) The drains and side channels to be more frequently flushed. (g) A more regular and liberal use of disinfectants by the borough throughout the town. The questions of public abattoirs and a complete system of drainage were recomtneuded to stand over for tbe present. If these suggestions were carried out the Committee thought the borough would soon become what iti natural advantages entitled it to be, namely, one of the healthiest boroughs in New Zealand. I Each clause was carefully considered* and , then adopted, and it was decided to place i the whole matter in the hands of tbe Bylaw and Legal Committee of the Council, to have the necessary by-laws and regulations made as soon as possible.